This is an analysis of the poem Are We On The Same Page Yet? that begins with:
If it seems I restrain myself from making complaints,
With an ignoring of yours to express an empathy? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbb XXXc aded ABcea X e X Xde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011011101001 01010010011100 1110110011010 1110110110100 10101101 111110001001 101111001010 11 1111010101 0101111 11101 11101010101 0011011101001 01010010011100 10111101011111 1110111 101101101011001 1 101 1101011101101 1 0111001 1111001010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; me, if, with, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
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