Poem Analysis of Unfortunately To The Credit Of Their Misfortune by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Unfortunately To The Credit Of Their Misfortune that begins with:

You were led wilfully to the gutter.
Now you complain there's no spring water, ...

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Rhyme scheme: aaXbXcX ddXeXfeghfagah fcXgXfbgXhXg
Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,14,12,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1011000010 1101110110 01 110100100100 1101111 1001001 1010 1 1111 11011000110 1100101101 1011101110 01010 11 010010001001 010101001010 101001111 10101110001010 01000001001010 1111011100010 1110100111001 1010 11100 0101010100 11001001011010 1101001010101101 10101110010 11011010 1110010 0111000 111110001 001011001 011
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
Average number of words per stanza: 65
Amount of lines: 33
Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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