Poem Analysis of Embarrassed? by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Embarrassed? that begins with:

You seem to have no problem,
Admitting those things you've done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: Xabaa CXadaeCad XFeghge XagaeF ddabaaeh iieX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,7,6,8,4,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1101110 0101111 10111100010 1000100010 11011101001 11 111101 01111111 100 100101011 111100100 11 1101111 01100001100 1000 1110 1110010 001001010 10101 0011010 1111111 01011001111100 10100110101 10111000101010110 00010001011111 010 1110 11110010101011101 111110110101101 11010 00111010 001001001 00100100111010 010 1111 11110101 10111001 1101010 11
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
Average number of words per stanza: 37
Amount of lines: 39
Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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Embarrassed? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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