This is an analysis of the poem Cheating Spouses that begins with:
I want you to know me.
But if you insist...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXXcXcdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 10101 1111110 111111 010101 010111100 101 1001 11010 11010010 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.
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