This is an analysis of the poem Love Thee Thou-Est The Enjoyment Of The Basics that begins with:

I am not surprised at all to hear,
That those who tricked, deceived and lied...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab Xcaa adaefbbbe gXaaXbacfeX gfXX eXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,9,11,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111011101 11110111 11010011011 11011110 1110100 01111101 10111001001 11101 0011100101 11110111001 101 010 1111010 010111 101010100101 1111001010101 110 111001111111 1100111010 01010011100 11111100111001010 001010111011 1100110011 0110100100 11101 010101111111 01110101011 1111101100 10111111011 101 1110100100010 1111011001101 1110 111111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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