Poem Analysis of No Darkness Can Satisfy This Need by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem No Darkness Can Satisfy This Need that begins with:

I'm looking at the bright side.
I need to taste fresh flavors wasting....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABC BDEe AFXGA ABC hhXiia eXh ABC BDEea AFXGAeeag
Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,3,6,3,3,5,9,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 0101011 110111010 111110101111 110101010 11101 1101011011 01 0010001110 101110111 10100101010 00111001 0111 0101011 110111010 111110101111 0101011 111010 11001000100 11010 00100010 00101111 100101001 101101 0100101011 0101011 110111010 111110101111 110101010 11101 1101011011 01 11111 0010001110 101110111 101001010110 00111001 0111 01111 010100 1110110101 111011001
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
Average number of words per stanza: 28
Amount of lines: 41
Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'm is repeated.
The author used the same word i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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