Poem Analysis of Sweat Equity by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Sweat Equity that begins with:

Too hard some struggle,
To secure recognition....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XabX cXdee bbcfgcb adadXbb beXbXdXfebggd
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,7,7,13,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rima
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11110 0011010 0100100 10101 101100101 110101 10001001 101110001 1111 111101 10110101001 010011001 1010011001 111 010 010100 1000010 101010 1010010 10110011010 1100110110 01001 10101100111 11010101001 10111 101100101 01001100111 011100 11000110110 1101000010001 011101 00101110 101010101 011 100101110
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
Average number of words per stanza: 30
Amount of lines: 35
Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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Sweat Equity by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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