Poem Analysis of Too Too Cool by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Too Too Cool that begins with:

You've gotten too cool.
And you've got me, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABcDA ABCDA EeEXe ABcDA EaEAEAEE EaEAEAEE ABcDA ABCDA EaEAEAEE ABC EaEAEAEE AXAX AXAX AXAX AXAX E aA E aA E aAXE
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,8,8,5,5,8,3,8,4,4,4,4,1,2,1,2,1,4,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11011 1111 100 1011010 1110101 11011 1111 1100 101011 1110101 0111001011 1111101001 0110101001 10110 111 11011 1111 100 1011010 1110101 0111001011 1 1110101 11 0110101001 11 10001 011 0111001011 1 1110101 11 0110101001 11 10001 011 11011 1111 100 1011010 1110101 11011 1111 1100 101011 1110101 0111001011 1 1110101 11 0110101001 11 10001 011 11011 1111 1100 0111001011 1 1110101 11 0110101001 11 10001 011 11 1 111 111 11 1 111 111 11 1 111 111 11 1 111 111 1111 1 111 1111 1 111 1111 1 111 1111
Amount of stanzas: 22
Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
Average number of words per stanza: 16
Amount of lines: 91
Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; too, cool are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word cool is repeated.
The author used the same words you've, did, yoor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cool is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words cool, chest, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase cool connects the lines.

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Too Too Cool by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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