Poem Analysis of Slaves To Appearances by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Slaves To Appearances that begins with:

Slaves to appearances,
And trading faked faces....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: AABAAB CDCEB AAbbCDb AeAeAACAACb CDCEB AcAcAcC AXAXAXC AAABXAAABeX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,11,5,7,7,11,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 100100 110110 11111001 100100 110110 11111001 1010101001 010101101 1010101001 1010101111 10100010 100100 110110 1000110101 101101010 1010101001 010101101 1110100010 100100 011 100100 0111 100100 0111 0111001011 100100 0111 0111001011 1100100010 1010101001 010101101 1010101001 1010101111 10100010 100100 11001 100100 10101 100100 11111 11110101 100100 11001 100100 10101 100100 10111 11110101 100100 110110 100100 11001 111100 100100 110110 100100 11001 1111 0101010100
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
Average number of words per stanza: 36
Amount of lines: 59
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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to 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 slaves at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words noticed, told at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Slaves To Appearances by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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