This is an analysis of the poem I'M Inclined To Call You Stupid that begins with:

You spent all of this time wasting yours...
Finding ways to hurt me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbbaXb Xc AXXcccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001101 101011 1110110110 0101101001 011101 010110011101 011101100 0011100101001 010111 1010001110011 111001101 1111 101100 0101111101 1111010 1111 00101110 11101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of I'M Inclined To Call You Stupid;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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