Poem Analysis of Field Mice by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Field Mice that begins with:

With a gathering to follow commands,
And with it done as if blinded by charisma......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aXbbbcabbb dXXbef gg XX hbXgb aX i X he XehjX dhca kX gai XjfX g XhhggX bj Xgh blkleeXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,2,2,5,2,1,1,2,5,4,2,3,4,1,6,2,3,8,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 0010001001 100110101010 011000101001 111001010101 11011 1110100110 01101000101 1011100111 101001 01010111 111 110100100011 101001 101101 11111101 1010101 1 101101 11101101 1001111 001001 010100100101 1101011001 100010111011 1111 111 11 110101010110 1001 101 110111001 1000010 11111011 01100101101 10001111 11101 111 1101 011010110 01010010 1011 11110101 10101 0101001 1111110 1 1001 1110101111 10101100101 1 1 10011111110 111111001 11101111 11 111110111011 11110 11011110100011 1111 111 111010110 1 111101101010 0101101000010111 010101010101010 0011010000010010 1101010001111010010 110000 1
Amount of stanzas: 20
Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
Average number of words per stanza: 20
Amount of lines: 69
Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, you are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cat is repeated).

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Field Mice by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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