Poem Analysis of So Dull by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem So Dull that begins with:

What makes a place one stays,
So dull? ...

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDEAF aecddcc XgcXXhce XhXgegX ABCDEAF gcieehdX cXXjj aeX h eihaXXig
Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,7,7,8,5,3,1,8,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 110111 11 10101100010 110110 1011101101 1110001010110 01001010110 111 110000101010 1100111101 0001001 101011101 111101 010101 01101 110001010100 10111010 1111010 11011101001 100110011001 1011011111 10010101 11001111001 10101100101101 1001010 10100000100011000 011111010 0111100100 001010101010100 110111 11 10101100010 110110 1011101101 1110001010110 01001010110 111011111010 00010010010 1011011001010 111010 101000110101010 010100100010101 10110101 0010001111 1 11011110 111111100 0101110 10010110110 1111111 0101010 11011010101100 111011 111 11010010 11111001011 10100101100010 011101010101 1111010 1001011000
Amount of stanzas: 11
Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
Average number of words per stanza: 35
Amount of lines: 60
Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.

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So Dull by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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