Poem Analysis of Holy Is The Ghost by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Holy Is The Ghost that begins with:

Do I believe that you can be,
Saved? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: AbAB bAbAc DEC DEC ADAbADA AbAB FaFc AC GCGCH AC GCGCH ACACACXHCCCC
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,3,7,4,4,2,5,2,5,12,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11011110 1 01101 011101 1 11011110 1 01101 011111 011011001 11101 010100110 011011001 11101 010100110 11110101 10001 0011101 1 11110101 10001 0011101 11011110 1 01101 011101 10001 1101 10001 11 100011101 1000111 0010 111 0010 111 001110111 100011101 1000111 0010 111 0010 111 001110111 100011101 1000111 100011101 1000111 100011101 1000111 001110111 1000111 1000111 1000111 1000111
Amount of stanzas: 13
Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
Average number of words per stanza: 22
Amount of lines: 55
Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; holy, ghost, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word holy is repeated.
The author used the same words i'm, holy at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines saves is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words covers, saves at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Holy Is The Ghost by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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