Poem Analysis of I Wish To Give What You Expect by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I Wish To Give What You Expect that begins with:

Whatever it is you need,
I'll do my best to get it....

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Rhyme scheme: abXacdcbE bbaXdXXbE XbE
Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,3,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: limerick
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1100011 1111010 11000 0111 101 110010 101 11011101 011 1100011 11010 111010101 111011 10101 1 101 111011101 011 10111011 111011101 011
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
Average number of words per stanza: 32
Amount of lines: 21
Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
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; it is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word whatever at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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