Poem Analysis of My Time Given Seeks No Reward by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem My Time Given Seeks No Reward that begins with:

A stain has been left on it.
A path I pave....

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Rhyme scheme: aXbcXd BC aaca BC aXada BC caXcebac BC XcXX bceXc BC Xca BCaeX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,4,2,5,2,8,2,4,5,2,3,5,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 0110110 0111 10111 1100110 010010 01101 1110 1101 1111100 111101 111001010 1010001 1110 1101 0110001001 10010 11001 00101 011 1110 1101 1111010 111 101 1111 1110100 111 101 11 1110 1101 1010001 1011101 110010 11001 101110 111101101 11001010010 1111010 01111 1110 1101 111100101 10101 0011101001 1110 1101 11010101 010010 1001101
Amount of stanzas: 13
Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
Average number of words per stanza: 16
Amount of lines: 50
Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, i are repeated.

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