Poem Analysis of I Choose To Heal by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I Choose To Heal that begins with:

I've decided not to be reminded of my griefs.
I've learned that carrying a baggage of sorrows, ...

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Rhyme scheme: XABC ddeddc Xfeedg hhhgiejjh XABCAK LFLbim LFNadfijjf XABCAKXNjjim
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,9,6,6,10,12,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1010100010011 111100010010 101111 0100001000100100 111101011 1010101 11110101 01 101 100011 1111011100 1010010 111001101 0101100110101 10101011010 1100011110 1 1101101 0010010101 111 110010010 1101 101 1111110 1101001111 1010100010011 111100010010 101111 0100001000100100 111011101 101010100010 1101 11010110 1101 1111 100111111 011111 1101 11010110 1101 10011001100 1010110101 10101111 1011010010 1111001 01110100 0101 1010100010011 111100010010 101111 0100001000100100 111011101 101010100010 1101 1001 1010111011 010011010 101101001
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
Average number of words per stanza: 39
Amount of lines: 58
Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 again is repeated).

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