Poem Analysis of I Am Needing What It Is You Have To Give! by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I Am Needing What It Is You Have To Give! that begins with:

I'm needing it.
I can't resist......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: AABC AABCBCDCE AABC AABC fAfCfFFF fAfCfFFF AABCBCDCE AABC fAfCfFFF AA fAfCfFFF D fAfCXD
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,4,4,8,8,9,4,8,2,8,1,6,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 0100 1101 11 01111 11100 11101 11 01111 111 11001 11111001 00111 10111000111 0100 1101 11 01111 0100 1101 11 01111 1 11110 1 11010 1 1111 11 0101 1 11110 1 11010 1 1111 11 0101 11100 11101 11 01111 111 11001 11111001 00111 10111000111 0100 11101 11 01111 1 11110 1 11010 1 1111 11 0101 11100 11101 1 11110 1 11010 1 1111 11 0101 11101001101 1 11110 1 11010 11101001101
Amount of stanzas: 14
Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
Average number of words per stanza: 19
Amount of lines: 74
Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, hope are repeated.
The author used the same words i'm, hope at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words side, scope at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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I Am Needing What It Is You Have To Give! by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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