This is an analysis of the poem That Is Not An Offer that begins with:
How can you say,
With 'me' you have been direct? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdc bXeXX bbda Xbebd XeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,4,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 0111001 11111010 11010 1101010 11010 11110001101 01110100 1001011 01111 1111111001 110101 101110110101111 11001100 11010100101 11111111 101101001 1100010111010 01110001 10001111 10110101011 010100101010 1101110 100010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word too is repeated.
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- summary of That Is Not An Offer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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