This is an analysis of the poem In A One On One To Convince that begins with:

You don't know me like you think you do.
Snoopy....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCdEFeX ffcXdf AbCdEFXfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111 10 1011101011101 1 010101010 101101 11011010 011101 11101 0101100 0 111010 1 1010100 111111111 10 1011101011101 1 010101010 101101 0 0101100 0 011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of In A One On One To Convince;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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