Poem Analysis of This Does Them In by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem This Does Them In that begins with:

So sad are they with minds limited.
They had paid to obtain an intelligence......

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Rhyme scheme: abacb cXbbade dbbb cXbec XeaefaffaXabbcb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,4,5,15,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111101100 11100110100 11101 0111 01001101 111010 010111101 110101 1101011 1111010 01011 1010011 110011 00110100 101000101 001010 111101 0010110 110100 11110010 00101111110 1 00101010100 1110111 101001001 01110010 010100 0010100101 10100 001 10100010 1110101 010111 01010111 01010101
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
Average number of words per stanza: 28
Amount of lines: 35
Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, as, regret are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase in connects the lines.

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