This is an analysis of the poem Octet that begins with:
You don't love me at all? O God. O Shit.
You still 'respect me.' Thanks. I value it...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111111 1110111100 0111111101 0101110101 1101011101 0101011101 10011101010 010101010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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- summary of Octet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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