Poem Analysis of It's Like That by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem It's Like That that begins with:

There were many shadows,
From time to time......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDE AEAFG AccaXb XfXcG HGCHGHGccGegG CgG HGffcHGgG HGCCGG ABCDE AEAFG HGccXacgG
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,5,13,3,9,6,5,5,9,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 101011 0101 011 1101 0110011 101011 10111 1111 1001 11 101011 1011 111101 1011 10101 11110 01000010 10011 01010 1 101 101010 111 10100101 101010 11 101010 11 101000101 1 011 101101 1011 101 100101101 1110111 1101 101010 111 11011111 011111 1 101010 111 111 101 101010 111 10100101 100101101 111 1101 101011 0101 011 1101 0110011 101011 10111 1111 1001 11 101010 11 101000101 1 0111010 010101 1 001 011
Amount of stanzas: 11
Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
Average number of words per stanza: 23
Amount of lines: 71
Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.
The author used the same words there, people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words fact, that at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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It's Like That by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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