This is an analysis of the poem Safe Sex that begins with:
If he and she do not know each other, and feel confident
they will not meet again; if he avoids affectionate words; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX aa Xb Xb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111111011100 101101010101001 01110100110101010 10010001010101110 101111011000010011 110010101100101 110111010001010 110011101111010 1010001010111011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; if, they, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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