This is an analysis of the poem Something To Say To Get Out that begins with:
I did not limp your wrists.
Nor was I the one, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaXX cXdaXb ceaded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111 11101 10110111 10 0101101010 1001100101 111101 111001011001 1110100101 01011 0100111 00100111110 1111 111001011 11011011 11101 11100101 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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:
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, of are repeated.
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