This is an analysis of the poem Like A Welcomed Habit that begins with:

You still have no clue what you are dealing with.
And from the very beginning, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC dXX edd ABCe XddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111100 10010010 10100100 11110001 11101001010 1110 111111 11 111 11111111100 10010010 10100100 11101011011 1001001 101010110010 0100111101 111110101 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of Like A Welcomed Habit;
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  • history of its creation;
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