Poem Analysis of I Hear The Static Like It's Feedback by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I Hear The Static Like It's Feedback that begins with:

I hear the static like it's feedback.
'I hear the static like it's feedback.'...

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Rhyme scheme: AXBAXacd efegegeheiba iJHIfh cJHIX ABAdiFBiFBI AXAX iFHXiFHXiFHX A X A X A X aaXBABABABAgbABAbABA
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,6,5,11,4,12,1,1,1,1,1,1,20,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 110101011 110101010 1010011 110101011 110101010 110101011 11 10111 1110 1011101 10 10111001 10 0101 10 01101 10 1101 01010101 1011101 1 111011 10111101 010 1001111 010101 11 111011 10111101 010 1001101 110101011 1010011 110101011 1110111 1 101111 1101100 1 101111 1101100 010 110101011 110101010 110101011 110101010 1 101111 1101 11010 1 101111 1101 11010 1 101111 1101 11010 110101011 110111 110101011 110111 110101011 110111 11010 1101 01010111 11111 1010101110 11111 01010111 11111 1010101110 11111 1 001010111 11111 10010101110 11111 1001010111 11111 10010101110 11111
Amount of stanzas: 15
Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
Average number of words per stanza: 29
Amount of lines: 83
Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
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; it's, hear, static, like, feedback, to, they, give, and, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word but 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 words ', back at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase they connects the lines.

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