Poem Analysis of We Would Have Never Been In This Predicament by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem We Would Have Never Been In This Predicament that begins with:

What do we do 'now'?
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Rhyme scheme: X X a XaXbX cdaeeXb Xfdee gfXcXaggfc gaaeX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,5,7,5,10,5,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11111 111 111 1 111101 111101 10000100 111011 111 11101110010 111111011 011111 1010010100 000111001 11011100 1011 01110011 11010011110 011001010 111100100 0 0011 00101 111100000100 111 1111 1111 111101 1101001 111111 1 1 111 1 111111111
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
Average number of words per stanza: 20
Amount of lines: 35
Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; your is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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