Poem Analysis of Not Sitting Around Waiting To Be Examined by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

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Folks who wish they knew more about others and don't...
Say those like this are 'complicated'....

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Rhyme scheme: aX bcdaefde dcgcXXah cdgiagdada heiaf debag d gea XaeXe
Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,8,10,5,5,1,3,5,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111111011011 111011000 10010100111111101 11010001010 11110011000010 1111010001 101001101010 1011 11011001010 010101010 10101 111011101 0111110000101 11111010111 111101 110101001011 110000101100 110100110100 101100111 110110001 111010001010 111001 110101 111001 01010010111 11001 10111011001 11010010100010 01000 1101101011 10101 0101010 11101111 110000111010 1101001 1110001 1110010000100 110011010010 111101011100100101 11001 0010010011010010 111101101111 110011 11010010101010100 101100 10100101 1110001001
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
Average number of words per stanza: 36
Amount of lines: 47
Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
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; they, on, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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