This is an analysis of the poem I Am Glad One Of Us Does that begins with:

Where do you pick up your IFS and BUTS?
You are quite proficient with their use....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdeXbXb e dcafXgg fgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,7,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111 111010011 11010010 1010001 1110010 0101000100 11010101110100 110110100 10100110010 111010110010011 1011000100 1100011 1011110101010 0001010010111 1111010 11111110101 111111 1110101001 111010 11 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of I Am Glad One Of Us Does;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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