This is an analysis of the poem Not Even Suitable To Be Matched that begins with:

Trust?
Are you kidding? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcXabacaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1 1110 101011011 1011010 010110011 0111 1110 111010011 111100 111011110100 01 11110100001 11010 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of Not Even Suitable To Be Matched;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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