This is an analysis of the poem Trying To Find Reason Instead Of Foreplay that begins with:

No matter what these moments mean
Whether spoken or shared between two...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 101011011 110 0101111 10010101 0111100110 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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  • summary of Trying To Find Reason Instead Of Foreplay;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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