Poem Analysis of In A Vacant Spin by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem In A Vacant Spin that begins with:

I feel as if I'm in a vacant spin.
With a churning inside......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDEAFA D dbdb D ABCDEAFAbXD
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,4,1,11,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1110000101 001001 100010 1101 01 11101 11111 0010010010 00100110101 111001001010 011 11011100101010 1010011111 00100110101 1110000101 001001 100010 1101 01 11101 11111 0010010010 111100101111 00100110101
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
Average number of words per stanza: 23
Amount of lines: 24
Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
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.

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In A Vacant Spin by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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