Poem Analysis of Where Does This End? by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Where Does This End? that begins with:

Through the madness.
Through the blowing winds that test, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCBDEF aaeXggf ABCBDEF FBFHAI FBFHAICXABCBDEbFBFHAIC
Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,6,22,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1010 1010111 011110 10100101 11101 01 10 10100 11 1011101 101 11101001 01 1101 1010 1010111 011110 10100101 11101 01 10 1101 11101 1101 01011 111011100 0111101 1101 11101 1101 01011 111011100 0111101 1101 1010 1010111 011110 10100101 11101 01 1 1101 11101 1101 01011 111011100 0111101 1101
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
Average number of words per stanza: 35
Amount of lines: 48
Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
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, through are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word through is repeated.
The author used the same words through, where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word storms at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Where Does This End? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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