This is an analysis of the poem Questionnaire that begins with:
HAVE I told any man to be a liar for my sake?
Have I sold ice to the poor in summer and coal to the poor in winter for the sake of daughters who...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110100010111 111100101011001010101010111011001100111101110 1110101110110111110101010011101 111101111110111101111001100 11101000101011111101010001110100010 111100101011111100011010110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 686
- Average number of words per stanza: 144
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 114 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 24
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, i, to, my, in, of, for, man, any are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word have is repeated.
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