Poem Analysis of You And Your Neighbor by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem You And Your Neighbor that begins with:

You are correct!
I will not get upset, ...

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Rhyme scheme: AABCDC beffefc AABCDC fgahgh AABCXXfiXcifh
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,6,13,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1101 101101 1011110 1101 111101111 0101101 11110 101011110 111011101 010110 11000101101101 1011111 01011010111 1101 101101 1011110 1101 111101111 0101101 0101111110 11101 1101010101010 11111 101 1111001110 1101 101101 1011110 1101 0101 1010111 11101000100100 01110100100110100 1 111101010 101110101 101
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
Average number of words per stanza: 34
Amount of lines: 37
Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 6
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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You And Your Neighbor by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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