Poem Analysis of Living Basically by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Living Basically that begins with:

A clarity disputed once,
By those refusing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFG ghXghacica ABCDEFGXdcieic
Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,14,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 01000101 11010 01011100 11011101 0111100100 1010101001 0010010 1101110001010 11 10100101001 11010 01 101001011101 010010010 100100 01100111011 110 01000101 11010 01011100 11011101 0111100100 1010101001 0010010 110111 1101110 110010011101 1110100 1101011100 0111
Amount of stanzas: 4
Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
Average number of words per stanza: 39
Amount of lines: 30
Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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Living Basically by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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