This is an analysis of the poem One Too Many Times that begins with:

When did the saying to someone 'No! '
Become an invitation to annoy without end? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXb ccbaaX ddcbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001111 0111010001011 111011110 1011000100 00010110 1101011 0100101 10101001010 11101 01101001001 1000100100 1101010001 10101 111001 11101111 01100111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of One Too Many Times;
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  • history of its creation;
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