This is an analysis of the poem I Didn'T Expect You To Be Prepared For That that begins with:

Did you think I came to you,
To tenderize the moment? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa bba XXb XX cbXXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101 0100010 110111 1101111110 00111 1110011000111 111101011 01001111010 1010100001 111110 1111111 01110110111 11100100 11111101 0101010010 111010 111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word that at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of I Didn'T Expect You To Be Prepared For That;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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