Poem Analysis of I Prefer To Keep It Basic by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I Prefer To Keep It Basic that begins with:

I want to hold you in my arms...
With one thing on my mind! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABXA ccdd ABXA aXbef Xefagh XhXg ABXA fgiXge fbieafX bABXAXfgb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,6,4,4,6,7,9,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11011011 011111 01001 011 111010 1110110 110011 10111111 11011011 011111 01001 011 111100100 110111010 1111 1101111010 00101 1000111000 0100 11110111 0110010010 111100101 11100101 10 1111 1100 110100011 11011011 011111 01001 011 101101 0101000100 10101010 00100110011 1110100110101 111 01 110010 1111010101 10111 01010101000101 11 110101100100 1111 11011011 011111 01001 011 111 01000 111011
Amount of stanzas: 11
Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
Average number of words per stanza: 26
Amount of lines: 52
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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; my, that, i, with, to 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.

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I Prefer To Keep It Basic by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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