Poem Analysis of Equally As Sad by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Equally As Sad that begins with:

Doesn't it strike you as 'funny'?
I do....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XAbXX cXdec fddbXe XgdAcga bXacfaXXc Xbc cbXb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,7,9,3,4,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 10011110 11 10100111 11011 1110010 111111 111010 10100 101001 111101 11100111 010 11100 1111101 111000 111101 10011110 11111110 1100010 11 01 110101100 11 1 11 111110111 1110 1111011001 11 1011110 01011 01 111111011 1111 111 101111 11010 10001 010011
Amount of stanzas: 7
Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
Average number of words per stanza: 24
Amount of lines: 39
Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; you, i are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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Equally As Sad by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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