Poem Analysis of Misappropriation Of Trust by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Misappropriation Of Trust that begins with:

Young man...
It is our intention to ensure, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: abcdc X efbc X eg hiahecce djeckjag lX XmjjXfhaemk dejd XX eib cXXXlceajcbj
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,4,1,2,8,8,2,11,4,2,3,12,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11 001010001 111010101 011011011 01101 1 11 1001011010 10101 01101 1110 1110 11111 111010001 1010 010111110 0110001010 000101010010 1 11010 00010011010101001 1110101 1010100010100101 1111101000101000 01 100111001100010 11 1111001001 1111 1101010111 1010011010011100 1 11 11001010011010 00101010010100 011100100100 110 1101001011101 1111000101001010 110010 1111 01100100 1111010010101 110110100111111 01010 11101 1 1100101110 11 10110 1101 011111 1100101110 1 11111010 1101011011 1110 11110101011 10010010 10111010101011 1 1111111 10001110
Amount of stanzas: 13
Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
Average number of words per stanza: 27
Amount of lines: 63
Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; of, to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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Misappropriation Of Trust by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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