This is an analysis of the poem Both Of Us Have Improved Upon Our Listening Skills that begins with:

I told you not to disturb me.
Not once....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdefaffecXc abgdbhfiX dhgiXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,9,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011 11 11 11001 111010 1100110101 11101 101001011 1111 11110 111 011111100 10001 1111101010 10011001 1111011010 1101001101110 1011111 1100110 110101 1101101 1110 101011 11111010101 1 11111 0010 1101 1011010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, you, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Both Of Us Have Improved Upon Our Listening Skills;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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