Poem Analysis of I'Ve Had My Experiences by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Had My Experiences that begins with:

I admit I've had my experiences.
You name, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aXbcaaaXd e eaXeb defeaX gXdafag gcdhaXh XeebbbXd Xeeaae
Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,5,6,7,7,8,6,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 10111101000 11 110 10111100 01101 111110100 110110 1010010 10001 1101010 1010100100 11110100 10011100000 0111111110 1001001011 1010101 0010110100 11 1 10 1 111011010 1001110001 100110 10101000110101 1100111 01010010 01100 111101111100 11011110 1101101 1110100101 111101011 10110101 1011101 1 111101 1011101101 11010011001 1101101101010 101 0100101011 0111 111 111 11 101010 1111001001000 1110010101
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
Average number of words per stanza: 30
Amount of lines: 49
Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; to, i 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.

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