This is an analysis of the poem A Loathing For Wolves In Sheep Clothing that begins with:
Why should my disinterest shown in you,
Be now of your concern? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabb cdab cbdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100101 010101 1110010001001 1110100111100101 11110111101101 11111 101011010 0010001110110 11 110110101010 111010110110 011101011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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