Poem Analysis of 'Would You Like The Dirt From The Gutter First? ' by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem 'Would You Like The Dirt From The Gutter First? ' that begins with:

I want to know your name.
And sometimes I am ashamed......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XXab ccdXa bXb Xe Xfde eX XeefX X X X bX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,2,4,2,5,1,1,1,2,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 110111 1011101 01011010 10100101 110001 111111 111101 11100 010110 1011101 10110 1101 1001110 101111 110101 101000100 00100100 11010111 1110100101 1111101111 1 1 1101011 1111110 111 11101 100100101 10 111101 11
Amount of stanzas: 11
Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
Average number of words per stanza: 14
Amount of lines: 30
Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
The author used the same words i, why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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'Would You Like The Dirt From The Gutter First? ' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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