Poem Analysis of 'Say That Again? ' by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem 'Say That Again? ' that begins with:

Hey...
Back up! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aB CDEF gggac hXhijcih ffcij k aB CDEF efGG X GG XeelfXfX k leX g cX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,5,8,5,1,2,4,4,1,2,8,1,3,1,2,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1 11 110001 11001010 111101 0100101010 111011110100 101010101 1000110011 1011101 10101001 110101100 1110101110 010100 111010010100 11101 0101101 010001 0100010110100 10100000111010 1011 1110101 110100 01011111 11111110 1 11 110001 11001010 111101 0100101010 10111 111011010 0101 11101 11011 0101 11101 1 1101100111 10101111010 101001110101 011111101111 1101001001 101101101 1100110111011 11110 11101010 010100100 1100101101 1111 11 0101
Amount of stanzas: 16
Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
Average number of words per stanza: 17
Amount of lines: 53
Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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; you is repeated.

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'Say That Again? ' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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