Poem Analysis of Those Tricks Played by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Those Tricks Played that begins with:

Strip away from yourself,
Those tricks played......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDEF bcXe XXXd ABCdDEFXf eXbX Xca
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,9,4,3,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 101010 111 1111001 11011101 011010 000101 110101101 1011010100 111010001 110100001 011100101 1111101010 1110101 01111 101010 111 1111001 0101 11011101 011010 000101 111001 1010111001 11111 111011010 101011 0110100 1 11100101 11101011
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
Average number of words per stanza: 25
Amount of lines: 30
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.

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Those Tricks Played by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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