This is an analysis of the poem Guess What's On My Mind Today? that begins with:
You want to be understood.
And I get that....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbccXXbXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101 1111 1011111010 1010101101110 0010110101 11111011 0110011001101 010001111110 101001101100 101101110101 11111110100100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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