Poem Analysis of Stages by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Stages that begins with:

First of all...
I know it's not just all about me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: abcXdcdXbX eeefgeg Xggg eeXceXe Xheheeheie iiXai heciXiXfb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,4,7,10,5,9,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 101 110111011 10011111 1110010100 10101 10010 11101 10101 111010100101 1000100110000 11110010011 11110 110111 011001010010 110010111 00110100001 1110000110110 10010100100 11010110101 1110100101 1101001010 1111101011 11010001 010001001001 101111100101 1110000101 10110111 1111110100 101010010 0101001 1010100 11110101 1101101 01111 101101 10111 100101 110101 1001000110111 11101 011111000 01010 11 1 1011101 01001101110 101101101101 01001001100101 00111101 001001110100 10001000110 101
Amount of stanzas: 7
Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
Average number of words per stanza: 44
Amount of lines: 52
Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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summary of Stages;
central theme;
idea of the verse;
history of its creation;
critical appreciation.

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Stages by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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