Poem Analysis of Exposed Behinds In Arrears by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Exposed Behinds In Arrears that begins with:

Believe it.
It is here....

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Rhyme scheme: ABAA ABCCDEDF ffgahah iffbdccc aX ABAAjcgc ABCCDEDF Accfija AdaX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,7,8,2,8,8,7,4,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 010 001 1110101 110101101 010 001 01001 101010001 01010100 01101001 1101010 1011001 010001010011010 0110100111010 010000 101 01011101 1100100 11001111 001010000111001 0111010 101110110101 1010101 11010101 1111000111 10101 10010101 10001 1110101111 010 001 1110101 110101101 010100111 10110111 101110 11000111 010 001 01001 101010001 01010100 01101001 1101010 1011001 010 11010 01010 111 11110101 1101 0110010001 010 111011 0001001 11101111100
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
Average number of words per stanza: 29
Amount of lines: 56
Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
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; of is repeated.
The author used the same word believe at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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