Poem Analysis of All I Gotta Do by Nikki Giovanni for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem All I Gotta Do that begins with:

all i gotta do
is sit and wait ...

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Rhyme scheme: ABBcdABa aBEBaBEd feebfebbba geXBgbXB HXgdHcBbBg XAGgEAGbcd
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,8,10,10,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11101 0111 111 10101 1 11101 0111 01111 11101 0111 10010 111 11101 0111 10010 1011 111 1111 011 0111 111 111 101010 111010 111010 0111 10110 10101 1100100 111010 10110 001010 10010 111010 111 011 10110 111011 111 10011 111010 100110 111010 1010 111 010110 10110 10010 111 010110 11101 11001 1
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
Average number of words per stanza: 34
Amount of lines: 57
Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word cause is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wait, it are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases waiting, wait connect the lines.

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All I Gotta Do by Nikki Giovanni: poem analysis

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