Poem Analysis of Overloaded Ego by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Overloaded Ego that begins with:

Is raunchy and stooping low,
The best way to go? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: AABCDD defXgfg AAeBCDDX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,8,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 0101101 01101 11110010 0011101010 10011 1101001 11111010 110010 10101 01011101 01001 0110010 0101010101 0101101 01101 1 11110010 0011101010 10011 1101001 1101010100
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
Average number of words per stanza: 31
Amount of lines: 21
Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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Overloaded Ego by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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