Poem Analysis of Up For The Challenge by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Up For The Challenge that begins with:

Up for the challenge,
And wearing brand new boots....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABACD BEF ABACD Xd BBXeFdF AF ABAc BEFff X X BeBeXeFdF AF X AFAXe
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,5,2,7,2,4,5,1,1,9,2,1,5,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11010 110111 11010 111001 01111 010111 10010 111100 11010 110111 11010 111001 01111 1110101 1011111 111101011111 111101010101 111101011111 1 01011 0 1011111 11010 111111100 11010 110111 11010 0111001 010111 10010 111100 11011111 11111111 11 11 111101011111 1 111101010101 1 111101011111 1 01011 0 1011111 11010 111111100 11 11010 111111100 11010 11111011 011
Amount of stanzas: 14
Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
Average number of words per stanza: 18
Amount of lines: 52
Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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; no is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.
The author used the same word up at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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Up For The Challenge by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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