This is an analysis of the poem This May Be Painful For You To Hear that begins with:

I know this may be painful for you to hear.
But there are very few people, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cdXcb cacac cecc ddXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101101 11110110 0101010010111 111011 111100001010 1010111 101011110110101 01111 1011010001 10101011001 1101100010 100101 1100100 11100111101 101101 111111 11001 100010 101101 11110 01101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; to is repeated.

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