Poem Analysis of Looking From The Outside by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Looking From The Outside that begins with:

I may happen to make things look that way...
But nothing I've known in my life, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABC add efX bfffX ABC gegf
Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,5,3,4,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1110011111 11011011 1011110 1011010111 11101110 110100011 10011010011 0111 0101100100 01111011 1001010 111101 01011 101110 1110011111 11011011 1011110 1111010101111 1010110010101 110111001101 010111011110101
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
Average number of words per stanza: 24
Amount of lines: 21
Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

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Looking From The Outside by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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