This is an analysis of the poem Perhaps The Familiarity Warrants The Disrespect that begins with:

I've already done the pauper bit.
And discovered quick, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa bbX cXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 10101 1010100010101 110111111101 0010011001 1100101000110 101001101011110 111100101110 1111000001 101001100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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