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

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

It has been a blessing for me to achieve,
The reaching to the age of nearly sixty-six......

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Rhyme scheme: ABCD BDEE EFEEgcX acXgee ABCD BDEE EehcXXXX BDEEihe eifbde BDEE EFEEEbe Xc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,6,4,4,8,7,6,4,7,2,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 01001011001 010001010101 110100101 11011110100 11110010100 1101 10100101100010 010100101 1101 10100001010 110010 10100010101 11001100101001 01110110 1001101 10001 1001110101010 10010101111 010001110101 1010010010111 110111010001001001 01001011001 010001010101 110100101 11011110100 11110010100 1101 10100101100010 010100101 1101 11101011101 1100100111000 0010010101001 1111100 0010011100100 11010011001 0010000100111 11110010100 1101 10100101100010 010100101 11010 00111000110011 00111010101101 1 101010 10001001010 0010101 111100101 0101001 11110010100 1101 10100101100010 010100101 1101 10100001010 110010 10100010101 1101 1101001110001 0011010 1 1111101
Amount of stanzas: 12
Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
Average number of words per stanza: 33
Amount of lines: 63
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; to, they are repeated.

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