This is an analysis of the poem Is That A Question Or A Statement that begins with:
Do you mind repeating what you just said?
'Of course not....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bX cc XXdbdX d abX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,6,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1110101111 111 100111000101 1111101 111 1 111011 0101001010 10101 011110010 111011111 1 100001 010101010 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 64
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, what are repeated.
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