Poem Analysis of With A Pity That You Want by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem With A Pity That You Want that begins with:

With a pity that you want,
To prove it....

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Rhyme scheme: AAA AAA BAAcbAAA DE aCAACAA BAAXAA DE aCAACAA CAACAA DEXcAACAA AAAXAAAcAeAc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,2,7,6,2,7,6,9,12,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 0010111 010 0010111 10010111 010 0010111 1111 0010111010 0010111 0101 0111 0010111 010 0010111 1010111 111010101 1 1101 0010111010 0010111 11101 0010111010 0010111 1111 0010111010 0010111 11111 0010111010 0010111 1010111 111010101 1 1101 0010111010 0010111 11101 0010111010 0010111 1101 0010111010 0010111 11101 0010111010 0010111 1010111 111010101 1 11101 0010111010 0010111 11101 0010111010 0010111 0010111 010 0010111 10010111 010 0010111 011101 0010111 0101 0010111 00101
Amount of stanzas: 12
Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
Average number of words per stanza: 31
Amount of lines: 64
Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, pity, that, you, want are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines want is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word want at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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