Poem Analysis of That's How We Met! by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem That's How We Met! that begins with:

I once met a woman from Nantucket.
Who wanted me to add fluid in her bucket......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aa X Xa XXXbX cccXdbedae XXX Xa
Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,5,10,3,2,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1110100010 110101100010 101 111001010 1111111 1 111 10 11011111 0111 1 111101 100110011 1101100101110 1111011011 010110 1001 11101101 1111 1110101011 11 1 10110111 101 11011110111
Amount of stanzas: 7
Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
Average number of words per stanza: 18
Amount of lines: 25
Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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That's How We Met! by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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