Poem Analysis of That Works In Your Favor by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem That Works In Your Favor that begins with:

Just because you've done something,
For a very long time......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XXXabcde fXaXXde XecXXcfXbb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,10,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1011110 101011 1111110101 1101 110 111101001 1111000100 101011 1 1011010010010 01011010 110101011 01001000011 10100101000100 1110111010 1101101010 011100011 110101010 1101001 1000010011100010 101 111111000010001011 1110100011 111100 110110
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
Average number of words per stanza: 46
Amount of lines: 25
Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
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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That Works In Your Favor by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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