Poem Analysis of Without Prior Notification by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Without Prior Notification that begins with:

For quite a few.
And an unsuspecting many, ...

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDE cff cgXXfXb ggcg ABCDE ecXf
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,7,4,5,4,
Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1101 11101010 001010001 01000110 1000100111 100011110101 111101011110 0010001001 11011000110101 01101010 0010011001001101 1100010101100 0110100010 01110101010 010011001010 01001001010 010010010 01000111110 1101011101 1101 11101010 001010001 01000110 1000100111 10111 00101001010 11110100100 011010010111010
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
Average number of words per stanza: 31
Amount of lines: 28
Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, decisions are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines live is repeated).

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