Poem Analysis of On Hand Held Screens by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem On Hand Held Screens that begins with:

Have I survived to realize,
Technology has taken over......

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Rhyme scheme: ABA CdEdCC DFgA CdEdABAddc CdEdCC DFGA ddCddEdCCGAddCddEdCCGA ABACdEdCCXddGdGdGdG
Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,4,10,6,4,22,19,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11010101 010011010 1011 11111 1 10101 1 10101 1100101 10011101 01111101 1111001 01011111 11111 1 10101 1 11010101 010011010 1011 1 1010010 011101 11111 1 10101 1 10101 1100101 10011101 01111101 111001 01011111 1 010 0111 1 010 0111 1 10101 1100101 111001 01011111 1 010 0111 1 010 0111 1 10101 1100101 111001 01011111 11010101 010011010 1011 11111 1 10101 1 10101 1100101 1 010 011101 010 011101 010 011101 010 011101
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
Average number of words per stanza: 28
Amount of lines: 73
Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have is repeated.
The author used the same word few at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word screens at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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