Poem Analysis of Effective Progress by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Effective Progress that begins with:

Effective progress,
Is believed to eliminate complication....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: AXAXXaXAabbXbab AAACB AAACB BACDXBACDc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,5,5,10,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 01011 001001011010 01011 0010101 111111 0100100 110 01011 1001 111101 00010010001 10110 10100010 101010100 00100100101 11101001111 0100 011 1001 1001 11101001111 0100 011 1001 1001 0101110001 0100 1001010 1001010 0101110001 0100 1001010 1001010 001001001
Amount of stanzas: 5
Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
Average number of words per stanza: 27
Amount of lines: 34
Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same words no, effective at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word accept at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase effective connects the lines.

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Effective Progress by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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