This is an analysis of the poem I Am Not Ready Yet that begins with:

I'm sorry.
I misunderstood your question....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefXeXdg gche hXfdiXea fXfX hcedbe X dcec XeX Xgef XfciX gihcjXchdXXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,4,8,4,6,1,4,3,4,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010 11001110 1111 0111010 11010100011 11011101 00111 01101001010010 11010011 010100100101 001011001010001 110111010 1010111 1111111 1010101 11010011 0011001100 110100111101 1110 10 110 11100101 1110010010101100 1110001001 11100111 01011111001 11101001101000101 1 11101011101001 0011101011010011 1111101010101 010 111001010010100 1111111 1010010110111 1111011101 110111110101 001010 1 1 0101 111 110010100101011 11010111 1111011101 1 101 1 110101100 010111110111 1 110 11 110111 011110100111 111 11111101 111110101001 11011100010 00100101111 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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