Stopping for Gas Near Cheat Lake
-poem comprised of seven four-line stanzas
-each stanza follows the pattern of short line, long line, short line, long line
-unknown narrator
-the last line of the forth stanza and first line of the fifth stanza are italisized
-no rhyming
-repitition of "white" (skin, gum, and face)
-four questions openly/rhetorically directed, along with one directed at the narrator from the doctors
-references to liquid appear throughout (lake, water, gas, windshield fluid, vials, blood)
-lines 16 and 17 (italized) along with line 8 are the only sentences not enjambed
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