This is an analysis of the poem I Thought You Were Serious that begins with:
You want to play with me?
Good! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcd edcX aXeaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110101 0 001 101000100010 1111 111101111111 111100100 1110 11010010011 111101 10101 11101100 011 11110100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
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