This is an analysis of the poem I Should Have Worded The Question Differently that begins with:

Angry?
Don't be foolish....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaab cdE fggeX hff a cdE hbghXXgdege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,5,3,1,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 1010 111010 010110 111111101101 111101111 11101010110 010111 1010 110101 1001111 1111011 1001100111 1 10111 1101011 111100101010 111011011001 11111101010110 010111 1111 111101 111110111 0110 011111 1 01101001 110100010010 110101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines angry is repeated).

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