This is an analysis of the poem I Could Use A New Suit that begins with:
I have misplaced twenty dollars.
And it drove me crazy, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaaXcdecd XadXcbdXeX XX eeXXdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,2,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011010 101110 111110 10101101010 110101100 100101111 101 101010 1 10100010010 1011010010 001011010010 10010010010 100010111001 1 1 10010 110001 0 1101 10101010110 1 110110101001 1 0001101101111 11110 111011001101 1101010 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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