This is an analysis of the poem Seeking Excuses To Exist that begins with:
To set the record straight,
I do not solicit long winded debates......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXX XbbbaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011 11101011001 0101101101000 1110100010 01111011 111101001 110111000100100 00011111100100 001010111010100 00100 00100111101100 11111110010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; to, that are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines diversity is repeated).
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