Poem Analysis of Majestic Ecstasy by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Majestic Ecstasy that begins with:

I wish I knew you before...
You decided to cry, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCD eXfghhee deggeX ABCD bXd ibd Xfj ffj ABCD ekfikXe
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,6,4,3,3,3,3,4,7,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1111101 101001 101011 01101 1011010001 0100100111 111 10101 111100010100 01010011 111 11110011 0111001011 110111101 1010101 01011010101 100101 0101110011 1111101 101001 101011 01101 11101001 101101001 10101001 1111001011011 1010101 0111111111 111 110101 10110101 1101 111101 11111101 1111101 101001 101011 01101 11111010101 0110110 111 1 01011010 00010100 1111
Amount of stanzas: 10
Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
Average number of words per stanza: 25
Amount of lines: 45
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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Majestic Ecstasy by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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