Poem Analysis of To Undo What It Was That Should Have Been by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem To Undo What It Was That Should Have Been that begins with:

Reform?
Is that similar to rebirth? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aXb XXacbX cXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,3,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 01 01100001 1101010 101001 11101 0001001001 010111 01011101 0010 0011011110 101010010000 00100010110010010
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
Average number of words per stanza: 23
Amount of lines: 12
Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
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; to is repeated.

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To Undo What It Was That Should Have Been by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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