Poem Analysis of Refuse To Be Muted by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Refuse To Be Muted that begins with:

Do choose.
And, select your steps....

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Rhyme scheme: ABACADBDD ACAdAXddad ACdeE ABACADBDD EE AEE AEEBdXAeea
Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,5,9,2,3,10,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11 10111 11 11010001 11 1111001 1011011 11110111 01010111 11 1101111 11 01001011 11 1001011 111111 1111011 1110001 0111 11 1101111 111011 010010 0100010 11 10111 11 11010001 11 1111001 1011011 11110111 01010111 010010 0100010 11 010010 0100010 11 010010 0100010 10111 11101 11 1010010 011010 01
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
Average number of words per stanza: 26
Amount of lines: 47
Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, to, be are repeated.
The author used the same word do at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word booted at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Refuse To Be Muted by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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