Poem Analysis of This Is The Kind Of Life by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem This Is The Kind Of Life that begins with:

We all interpret life,
On our own terms....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCCDED fgccbcX ddcXcXc ABCCDEDfbX XgbXc AFbbXXe AFXABCCDED
Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,10,5,7,10,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 110101 1111 10010 0101010 0011101 01110100 0111001 111001 10101 010001 11001 101001011 0100110011 0110001011 11111010100011 00111001001 001010001001 1101100100101010 01100101 10111111 1100011101 110101 1111 10010 0101010 0011101 01110100 0111001 1010101 0101 010111 10110111 1011100101 110010101 111001010101 01110101101 1000101 111101 100010 11001111 010000101111 10101010 11111001 1000101 111101 110101 1111 10010 0101010 0011101 01110100 0111001
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
Average number of words per stanza: 36
Amount of lines: 52
Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
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; as, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
The author used the same words we, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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This Is The Kind Of Life by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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