This is an analysis of the poem I Lost My Rose Colored Glasses that begins with:

You can say to me whatever it is you like.
I have heard it all before....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXXcc bddbcXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011100011 1110101 10011011 100011111010 11 010011 110100101101 111001100101 1111001 1110110 101000100101001 0001010111111 1110100010010010 111000010 1010110100101 10010010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, i, with are repeated.

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  • summary of I Lost My Rose Colored Glasses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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