Poem Analysis of The Difference by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem The Difference that begins with:

I can have wisdom AND knowledge,
With proof to show I do....

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Rhyme scheme: aXbcde XfgXdXbegg XdefgX bgXddaXdc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,6,9,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11110110 010111 101001011101 011010111000110 1110011 111000101 110110011011 11100101110101 1 011101111 111010100 0111101110101 101101011 101001110101000 01 11011100 0100 11111 1101001 011001101001 101010011010100 10110111 1 10101101 11010100 11101010100 1000110111 11111010010 11010110111 0110101
Amount of stanzas: 5
Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
Average number of words per stanza: 40
Amount of lines: 30
Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, no are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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