This is an analysis of the poem I Offered You My Understanding that begins with:

No more of your B.S.,
Am I digesting....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdaXb adefgdbgebb XhfXfiXddXX Xcb XiX hXd hfgjXXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,11,11,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 11010 00111000 101 11010100 11001110 111100111 0100101010 110111010 00100101 1111 111010 010111101 1110011010 0111101 11011001110 00101100 101101 10101 1 1101 100110 110101 110010 1001110 01100 1111 111101 0111 01111011 1 111 010101 1 0110110 110011 0101011001 1111101101 110101101111 111 111101 10001010 11001 01010101010 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of I Offered You My Understanding;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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