This is an analysis of the poem Not A Bourgy Doer that begins with:

I use to have issues with being emotionally needy.
Feeling I had to achieve to appease and please....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc dae dfd Xgb hX C EhX CI hX C EghXXCIf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,2,1,3,2,2,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110010010010 101100100111 1010000100100 1111111000101 11001000111101 1110111010100 1110111111 111101101001 1011101011010 0111010011011 111111011110 0100101010 11010101001 110101 101110101 11 11 1110101 1011111110 11 010101 1110101 101110101 11 11 1101 110101 1011111110 11 010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you're 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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