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

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

I have had issues,
And I can now admit......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: abXbXaccbde XcfgX Xbfd Xded X b gXeX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,4,4,1,1,4,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11110 111101 111010010 110111 1101100 11 01011011 111100100010 11010001 1110011 001 01111 1001001 11101 0110 11111 11010001011 111101011 0100101 0010101111 11111000 0011100 111101111 0101011111 10101010101 111 11110001110 101 111110 101010
Amount of stanzas: 7
Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
Average number of words per stanza: 23
Amount of lines: 30
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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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So Grateful by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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