Poem Analysis of This Spiraling Cliff by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

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Rhyme scheme: Xabc dceXfedgh XhXfeifcf ffjd fcB X kjdid ibBXggdckXdfkkfbi d bcX Xcfg XaX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,9,4,3,1,5,17,1,3,4,3,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1 001101010 1110001 011000 11 10110 1010100010 10100100101 001010101010001 11010010 11001111 01010110100101 111110001 101010100101 11010101 001001 010001101 11001101010 011101010 11100100010 1110001010 0101001001 1 10101 110100100101 1010100001101 11010010101010 1001010010 01 110 010111 0100100101 10000010101100 011010 1101010101 101011010001010010 011000001001000 01 1001010110100 10101010111 1111 1010010100100 0010 1110110 111010011011 10100101 1 1110100110 010101100 1001101010001 11010100011 00010 1111110001 1100010 1010010 010 1 11010010 110100001 011101 111010 1110100101 001011000
Amount of stanzas: 12
Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
Average number of words per stanza: 28
Amount of lines: 63
Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, at, this are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ship is repeated).

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This Spiraling Cliff by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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