Poem Analysis of Out Of Season by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Out Of Season that begins with:

It's tragic!
And more sadistic it gets, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCC ABCC DCDEF ABCC ABCC DCDEF DCDEF GFGXeGFGeGFGeGFGeGF
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,4,5,5,19,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 010 1101001 1010101 0001011111 010 1101001 1010101 0001011111 0100110101 110101 1111 11 11010 010 1101001 1010101 0001011111 010 1101001 1010101 0001011111 0100110101 110101 1111 11 11010 0100110101 110101 1111 11 11010 100110100010 11111010 0100010 1 100110100010 11111010 0100010 1 100110100010 11111010 0100010 1 100110100010 11111010 0100010 1 100110100010 11111010
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
Average number of words per stanza: 29
Amount of lines: 49
Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
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; of is repeated.
The author used the same words it's, integrity at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words misfit, season at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Out Of Season by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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