Poem Analysis of Executive Privilege by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Executive Privilege that begins with:

Am I really the one you wish to touch and frisk?
As if to do it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABB XX cabXd XX ABB XbeX XcX dX bd cff Xbc X Xe cX ggX X X
Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,5,2,3,4,3,2,2,3,3,1,2,2,3,1,1,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111001110111 10010 0010101001 10 1101000 1101010 01111101001 110001101 1010010 11011010 10 1101000 111001110111 10010 0010101001 0101 10101110 11110001010 11111 101011101 1101101101 1110101001 1010010 110 11 1011111011 11101011101 111110100 1101 1 000010 01010111001 110011 11100110100 0010011110111 1101 11110101011 11010 11111011110 10010010100100 11101 1
Amount of stanzas: 17
Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
Average number of words per stanza: 14
Amount of lines: 42
Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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Executive Privilege by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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