This is an analysis of the poem Tender And Sweet that begins with:
Sorry to disappoint.
But I am not the tender/sweet kind....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcadXX eb dceXff abaXfcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101 111101001 110111001010 010001011 101110100100101 1011010011011 111111 11111011010111 111110110 10101010 101110 1111010 11111010 110 11001000 001001101001000101 01010101111011 11110101111 10111010111 11111101111 1101 1000 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they are repeated.
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