Poem Analysis of Under Duress by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

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Rhyme scheme: ABCBB DBEACf cfggbc ABCBB afahgaXa DBEACg cahc eaXgcagg
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,5,8,6,4,8,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 00100100100 010001 1111000011 1110010 0111010 10101 0001001010 1110001 01010101 01000001 011101 111110 10010000010 110110101 111010001 001101001 001100101011001 00100100100 010001 1111000011 1110010 0111010 101110101001 1011101000110 010100100 101110110 10101010101 10110001 1011010 001010011101 10101 0001001010 1110001 01010101 01000001 001000101101 1000 111010 1010 001 1000010101 111010110 10111 1011001 11101 101010 101001 010100001
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
Average number of words per stanza: 32
Amount of lines: 48
Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
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, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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