This is an analysis of the poem Could I Be Incompetent? that begins with:
Could I be incompetent?
No....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXXXcXabacacc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1100100 1 11001 11010100110 110001010 00101000 011010101111 10100 1 1111 11110110 111010101 1110111010 110101101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase no connects the lines.
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