This is an analysis of the poem Too Happy To Fit A Bitterness Into My Schedule that begins with:

Never once,
Did I suggest, hint or insinuate......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcbad bbebfg XbhbXcebe digjfieeX heXdceXj akkh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,9,9,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 0101110100 1101111 1011010 111010100 11011101011 11 101 1101101 1110001 1110101010 111100 01110110 11110011101 11 010110011 01 1111 1111 1101011 01 11110001 1110111 11101100 1010010 011001 000101010110 01010 100111 1111 1100110 1 1111 1100110 1101000011 11 00111 1111 0111101 1110010100 1 11001111001 011001010000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; you, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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