Poem Analysis of Visit The Woods by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Visit The Woods that begins with:

Take a walk through the woods.
Alone......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: abcdce AeXce AacAXXc AecAd Acacc aCXede ACFCC ACFCC ABb ABB ADC ACFCc ABBXADC
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,5,5,6,5,5,3,3,3,5,7,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 101101 01 01111 001001101 1 101111001 101001 00100010100 01011001 0101 101 1001 01100101 1 1001 0111101 010011 00101001 101001 00100010000 1 101001 00101011100 1001 011 0101 101000101 101000101 1010101 1011 101 1 0101010 10101010100 101001 1011 10101 1010011 011111 101001 1011 10101 1010011 011111 1001 11 0011101 1001 11 011101 1001 111 10111 101001 1011 10101 1010011 010100111 1001 11 011101 1001 111 10111
Amount of stanzas: 14
Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
Average number of words per stanza: 19
Amount of lines: 64
Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
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, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.
The author used the same words get, visit at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words find, again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Visit The Woods by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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