Poem Analysis of Since My Youth by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Since My Youth that begins with:

I've been,
Since my youth......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABAABCdCcCeCcC EFCCG EFCCG ABC ECCGbEBdBEgXABAABCdCcCeCcC
Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,5,5,3,26,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 10 111 100001011101 110 111 010101111101 1 1110010 1 001011111 1 1110010 1 001010011 010100010 0101011101 01010 11010 110101 010100010 0101011101 01010 11010 110101 10 111 010101111101 010100010 01010 11010 110101 0111 010100010 111 11011001 111 010100010 11110101 10 111 100001011101 110 111 010101111101 1 1110010 1 001011111 1 1110010 1 001010011
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
Average number of words per stanza: 35
Amount of lines: 52
Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
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; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'm is repeated.
The author used the same word i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word away at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Since My Youth by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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