This is an analysis of the poem Grateful To Have 'That' Affect Suspected that begins with:

I don't 'get off'...
By self promoting my abilities as writer....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabXbXbXXXcca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111 1101010100110 110101100101 0101111011111 111101100 111111001001101 11101110110111 1101011111011 111110011010001 00100110001 11100 1111010100 011000 01101111110 111111001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 665
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, to, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Grateful To Have 'That' Affect Suspected;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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