This is an analysis of the poem Address That Any Way You Wish that begins with:

Here is the envelope,
You pressured me to get! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX XaaXcaaX bXXbXdXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 110101 11101 11101 11110111 11110001 010111 011111 0101110100 101 000101001 1100010 101011010111 11 1101101010110 1 11001010 01010101 111111011 11001110010100 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Address That Any Way You Wish;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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