This is an analysis of the poem Don'T You Have Something Else To Do? that begins with:
Okay.
I'll pretend I am curious....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcde ddcbeXaX aedfcXfcca bgaXX gbdXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,10,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 10111100 111101011 00100 0010011110 111011 111101 11000010 001000110 1010110111 1 1111011111 11 10 11 1 11100010 1010 00101011010 100101 10101110 0111010 101011001 101 1110111 11110101 01111 1 11100100 1 1100101 111110010 11011011110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
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