This is an analysis of the poem Ps...I Am Not A Nosey Person! that begins with:

To my next door neighbor's ex-wife's new boyfriend.
You may not be aware of this......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdbeXXcbebXdb cbcc ab XffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111011111 11100100 11111010101 011010 1111101 1101110 10011 1010110010010100 11111101 111101 110111111 00101001 1111000101010 110 101001100100 11101011101 110011110101 110 0111001110 1111110 1 0100 1111100100111 10110110 11101010 1010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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  • summary of Ps...I Am Not A Nosey Person!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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