Poem Analysis of The Dodging Of Bullets, Fistfights And Arguments by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem The Dodging Of Bullets, Fistfights And Arguments that begins with:

Too much evidence is there,
That a breakdown of respect has been lost....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: abccXcdd ccXdXeeea bbXcXde
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,7,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1110001 1011001101 111011110 010100100 101111 10101010 0100001010 10001110 1110111010 10101011010001 001011101 01001001101 11 011010010 101100 01011010010 01 0110010 0101001101 111100001 00010001010 01001001 101010 10111101010
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
Average number of words per stanza: 45
Amount of lines: 24
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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