Poem Analysis of Pitstop by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Pitstop that begins with:

In my pain remaining,
You still dropp more of it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: AbXcDEXXeF gXdhgh hIJjbXf bbXia BX IJ BX IJ AbXcDEXXbF h BX IJ BX IJXjg
Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,7,5,2,2,2,2,10,1,2,2,2,5,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 011010 111100 101101010 1111 001011 011 11011111000 01010100 10111 010101110 1111 010111010 101001111 111111 1110101 101110101 11110110101 011101 0010111010 0111 1001011 10100110 111010100010 1 0111 00110110 111100111 00101101010 10 111 011101 0010111010 10 111 011101 0010111010 011010 111100 101101010 1111 001011 011 11011111000 01010100 10111 010101110 1110110101 10 111 011101 0010111010 10 111 011101 0010111010 1000101 11011
Amount of stanzas: 15
Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
Average number of words per stanza: 20
Amount of lines: 57
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; to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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Pitstop by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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