This is an analysis of the poem Today...I Get It that begins with:
I use to be offended,
By those overdosed with self importance....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXba cD dbaXXcD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100010 1110101010 11010011010 10001110010 01 110 1101101011001 11110101 101101011010 0010010100 01 110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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