Poem Analysis of Left Impaired To Injure by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Left Impaired To Injure that begins with:

Too many facts of life go scattered,
By those affected....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: AABC DAEC FcFe AAAagH AAacGH GiJGiC AAgiJGiC AABCXDAECc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,6,6,8,10,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: ballad stanza
Metre: 110101110 11010 111010101 0101011010 1011101 00101010 1001001 01001001 10111011 100001001 10111011 101010111 111001 11010111101 111001 0100011101 01010 100111 111001 11010111101 1 0100011 101010 100111 101010 1 010010001 101010 1 1000111 111001 11010111101 1101010 1 010010001 101010 1 1000111 110101110 11010 111010101 0101011010 1011101 00101010 1001001 01001001 1011011
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
Average number of words per stanza: 26
Amount of lines: 47
Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
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; to, about are repeated.
The author used the same word those at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words there, days at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Left Impaired To Injure by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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