Poem Analysis of How It Feels To Be 61 by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem How It Feels To Be 61 that begins with:

I was asked how it feels to be 61?
As if I was an exhibit....

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Rhyme scheme: XAaBCDDE afgaX h iXeehabaXf X eXcegejahdXe XaX ki lXlgk X XAaBCDDE jaXXjXaX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,1,10,1,12,3,2,5,1,8,8,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111101001 10111010 1 11011100010 11011001111101010 1001111 1110101101 11101110011 111 111000101 1001000101 11100101 11111 101101 1000 11010100111101 1110110111110 1110101 111001110101111 1010010111100 010111000 11110111011101 0010111010 11010111111 111001101 111010 1001 1111010 011101110 11110101 101010010 1110000111 110101111101 10001 111111101 111101 010110010 1 1111 10111 1101111 1111010 11110111 1101001 101110011 11101 0011111011 1111 111101001 10111010 1 11011100010 11011001111101010 1001111 1110101101 11101110011 1111 1 110100110111100 1111010010 11100 11111111111 110111101 001000111
Amount of stanzas: 12
Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
Average number of words per stanza: 36
Amount of lines: 64
Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, great are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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How It Feels To Be 61 by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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