Poem Analysis of Nobody Has That Effect by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Nobody Has That Effect that begins with:

Nobody can affect me,
With a disrespect that's kept....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABAB acAB Xdad ABAB XXXb ABAB ABBcB ABAB ABBCB XDAB XDABBCB BBBef BBBef BBBeX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,7,5,5,5,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1111011 0010111 011010011 1101001 11111011 0111001 011010011 1101001 1111011101 110101 11111101 11011101 1111011 0010111 011010011 1101001 11111111 11010111 0010111111 1001011011 1111011 0010111 011010011 1101001 11010011 1101001 1001001101 100100 101 1111011 0010111 011010011 1101001 11010011 1101001 1001001101 000100 101 1011011 110101001 011010011 1101001 101111001 110101001 011010011 1101001 1001001101 000100 101 11010001010 101 11010001010 0 0111010 11010001010 101 11010001010 0 0111010 11010001010 101 11010001010 0 0111100
Amount of stanzas: 14
Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
Average number of words per stanza: 25
Amount of lines: 64
Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, to, my, and, savior, comes, protect, it, keep are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The author used the same words strengthened, i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word protect at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Nobody Has That Effect by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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