This is an analysis of the poem One Of Us Better Say Something Soon that begins with:
I think you should address this before I do.
If I do it, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeaeXceb eX cffXdXXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,2,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111100111 0110 10110010110 111101110100 10101101101010 11 10100010 10010101 10101010 01010100 10111 110001001 1110100100 1 101101101 1100110101100010 1111111110 10111100 11101011 11110110 11110110111100 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, and are repeated.
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