Poem Analysis of People Say They Do But Not by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem People Say They Do But Not that begins with:

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Rhyme scheme: abXc ADAB EfEGE HfEec aDAbX HfEecX EfEGEeFFDh FFDg ADAB EeEi EeEi EajXEeEje
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,5,5,6,10,4,4,4,4,9,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 10 110111 110001010 11110110 110 11011101 1111 110101 1011101 1 1011111 1111111 01110000 1010111 1 01011101 0001011101 101001110 110 11011101 1111 1101001 11011111 1010111 1 01011101 1 111010 111101 1011101 1 1011111 1111111 01110000 1 01010111 1101011111 01 100111 01010111 1101011111 01 010100111 110 11011101 1111 110101 1011111 1 11 10010110 1011111 01 11 110010110 1011111 101 00111 1011111 1 11 01 0010
Amount of stanzas: 13
Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
Average number of words per stanza: 22
Amount of lines: 63
Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word over at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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