Poem Analysis of Not A Decision One Makes by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Not A Decision One Makes that begins with:

It's often difficult for many to face.
However......

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Rhyme scheme: aXbaXX cdddXe fcXdec aadbcf XXaXdaXad
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,9,
Closest metre: iambic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: blank verse
Metre: 01010011001 110 101000011 00100010 11010010 101101001 00011010 01010010101 0100100010101 111110101010 101110101100 1101100010111 10011101 011110011101 11010001010101 0010011 1010001001111 0101010110101 111101100101 100100101010010 1 110100010001 1010010 10001100110101 11111001001 10111011001 10010100 00101010100 010101100101110 1101010111001011 1110010011011 1111101110100010
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
Average number of words per stanza: 41
Amount of lines: 32
Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, have are repeated.

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