Poem Analysis of I'D Rather Have Love by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I'D Rather Have Love that begins with:

I am no stranger,
When it comes to love....

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Rhyme scheme: ABCABC DBDBCECCFG ABCABCCECCFG ABCfXfXBfBfB
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,12,12,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11110 10101 110001 11110 10101 111011101 111100101110 1111001011 111100101110 1111001011 11110 01001 11110 01001 1110100101 1011101101 11110 10101 110001 11110 10101 111011101 11110 01001 11110 01001 1110100101 1011101101 11110 10101 110001 111011 101001 11011 1010010 11011 101 11011 111 11011
Amount of stanzas: 4
Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
Average number of words per stanza: 53
Amount of lines: 40
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; no, stranger, 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 i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word kiss at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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I'D Rather Have Love by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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