This is an analysis of the poem He Placed Me In A Predicament! that begins with:

He placed me in a predicament !
Bewildered, what can a yemberzal...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb Xcad adbX Xefa gchh cgdf XcXc aXgX geXh X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111000100 010110100 10101001 0101101 011110010 11110101 111111101 111101010 111110100 1010101010 11011001 101001001 11011010 11101 110111101 11111111 101011101 011101 11101111 010101101 101101101 010111111 111111110 0010011101 10101100101 011101 101010101 11101101001 110010101 1111101 1110111 11101101 1010101010 1111111011 110101011 11101101 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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