This is an analysis of the poem Unsuspecting Prey that begins with:
You borrowed from me ten dollars.
With a promise to pay me......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXbX Xb bXXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101110 0010011 11 011110 0111100111 111110100100 11011 010101011010 1 1010100010101 10101010 1011011101 101 1001011011 101010101 11 1101111 11101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; or is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Unsuspecting Prey;
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