This is an analysis of the poem It Was Me Who Let You Keep Me On Hold that begins with:

It is not about you.
Although it had been, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC dde dcf cef cfX ABC XeXXAcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011 11010 101000 10100011 1011101 010100 11001101 001110 0111101 1101011 1110100100 10101011101111 11110101 1011101 010010011 001011 11010 101000 100011 1111 0010111101 001011 01 10111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it are repeated.

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

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  • summary of It Was Me Who Let You Keep Me On Hold;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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