Poem Analysis of Those Inclined To Be Most Radical by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Those Inclined To Be Most Radical that begins with:

Is it possible for anyone to escape,
The onslaught of a marketing of decadence? ...

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDC ebbfbggd ABCDC bbhgdXi bfbih X bggjdgeX jdXbdh
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,5,7,5,1,8,6,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 001001100001 011001000100 00100001 010100 011111111 10100101 01011 0011010 0111010 010111 111011 1111101 01111 001001100001 011001000100 00100001 010100 011111111 1111110 11111 10110100010 11 1101 01010101101 10001111111100 110100101001 10100100 11010101 111101001100 001001110001 1001110100101 01111101000101 1101101 1010100 010001010101101 11011010 01101010 1010111010 010101001000100 111 1101100 1101 00100111010 0110001010 11110101010
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
Average number of words per stanza: 34
Amount of lines: 45
Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; who, it, and are repeated.

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