Soldier Me by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Soldier Me that begins with:

I want someone to soldier me.
And protect my nights, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXX BC AXade ABC cdeee AeXX ffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,5,3,5,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 10111 00101001 11111101 0010001111 0101110001110 11110101 10100001100 01011111110 1101100001010100 010 11110101 0010001111 0101110001110 01 01 1010 10 11110000010 11110101 101000010100010 0100100110000 11011001110 11001 1 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 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 i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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