Poem Analysis of Raised To Have False Perceptions by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Raised To Have False Perceptions that begins with:

Don't look at me as if,
You are on a weekend excursion......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: Xab cXcdd Xefc XeXcXgXdX X h XX gX eXX f caX f XXX Xchh bbX e ga X
Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,9,1,1,2,2,3,1,3,1,3,4,3,1,2,1,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111110 111011010 1000101 11111000100 10010101 110 11011110100 1011000100 1111000111 00101010001 1100010100 011010100110110100 110 1110100 11010110010010010 110110011010 011111001000 00011001 100101110 011001001001000 11010101101010 111101011001 1110110010 1 1100101011100 11 1001101011010100 1100100 11110010010101 00101000101 1101010110 1010110 11101010 01110101001 1101010111001010 1 1001101 1110100111100 111001001100 0011010101 1010001001010 11111010 11 111 1010101 100101000101 1111 0111 111011
Amount of stanzas: 18
Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
Average number of words per stanza: 17
Amount of lines: 49
Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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Raised To Have False Perceptions by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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