Poem Analysis of Improprieties by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Improprieties that begins with:

It seems as though your improprieties,
From those standards you valued......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABC XbX cXXdXd XABCaXc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,7,
Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 0111110100 0110110 1100110110 101110111001 11100111 1110010010100 11001 11010101010 1110011 01010101 1101000 11101001000110 1 0111110100 0110110 1100110110 111010000010 11000101 101010011
Amount of stanzas: 4
Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
Average number of words per stanza: 31
Amount of lines: 19
Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
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; you, to are repeated.

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Improprieties by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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