Poem Analysis of I Wanted by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I Wanted that begins with:

I wanted...
And at one time, ...

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Rhyme scheme: ABaac ABXXc ABXdX ABdac c Beedd ABacd XX dcXd
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,1,5,5,2,4,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 110 1111 00010 00101010 10011111 110 1111 00101111111 01100101110 1101101001 110 1111 00100010100011 010101000100 111101011101000 110 1111 01011010001 001010111 01110010101110 110001010111 1111 1110110101 101110101001 00101011001 1111111010011101 110 1111 10111101 111110101001 0010011111100011100 1 1111010101 1 11111001111 010101111010 1011101001101
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
Average number of words per stanza: 27
Amount of lines: 37
Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
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; i, to, as 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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I Wanted by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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