This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Lived With It Too Long that begins with:

My every thought you dispute.
As if my insights, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX Xcddacde eaaab cffcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 10111 0010110 10111 111101 1101000 11111101 1100101 11010111 10110 111110011 111010101 11101 001110101 101001 110111 11010011011 000100101 111101 0100101 11111010010 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I'Ve Lived With It Too Long;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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