Poem Analysis of My Work Ethic by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem My Work Ethic that begins with:

I make what I do look easy.
So naturally, ...

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Rhyme scheme: aABCDCE BFGFhhhX BFGFABCDCE Xeihi
Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,10,5,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: ballad stanza
Metre: 11111110 11000 1101111 11011001 101111011 011 11111101 1111 111001 110100111 10110001 1111101101 111001011111 1101111110111 110110101100100 1111 111001 110100111 10110001 11000 1101111 11011001 101111011 011 11111101 110111001011 110111001 110111101001011 1110001 00100110111
Amount of stanzas: 4
Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
Average number of words per stanza: 50
Amount of lines: 30
Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
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; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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