Poem Analysis of I Am No Longer A Puppy by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I Am No Longer A Puppy that begins with:

You are correct.
No I don't know you....

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Rhyme scheme: ABAACAB ddXeaX ABAACAB aXXeX aeXXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,5,6,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1101 11111 11101 001 11110 10100110 001100101 11001010111 101011101001 1111101010 1011111 010101010 01111101 1101 11111 11101 001 11110 10100110 001100101 011010 11110010 11100111 001101 111011010111 11010101100 10010101001 011011001 001001 10110111 11101100101
Amount of stanzas: 5
Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
Average number of words per stanza: 36
Amount of lines: 31
Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
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; you, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word you 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 you connects the lines.

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I Am No Longer A Puppy by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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