This is an analysis of the poem Let's Just Have Dinner And Skip The Sex that begins with:

I think practicing safe sex is a good idea.
Especially today....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXX Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011000010 010001 110 111010101 11100011 1111010101 001100 1101110101 111101010111 111101101 01000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to is repeated.

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