Poem Analysis of That Aint Happenin'! by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem That Aint Happenin'! that begins with:

I admit I do have skills and abilities.
But not without heartbreak, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aXbbc daXefcghe eea haXfih iifjij aakfdf Xhadaa llgeXXkhidedd
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,3,6,6,6,6,13,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 101111110100 110111 10111 00100 11111101010 101101111 1110100 101010 010010101 1110 11110 1101010 11010111 01001001011 1 1111 011101 01111011 0010001 10010010110 00100010 011101 010101010101 10011 110101001 11100100 1010111 0010110 110111101 1100101 11001001 01010010 11011001010100 1110011000 1010110110 011110 11111110 1010110 1111 11111 0010101 101101001 01111101 110110 00100011100101 11100 110 1010 0110100101101 0100011101 1101 1010111001 101
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
Average number of words per stanza: 32
Amount of lines: 53
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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