This is an analysis of the poem We Cry And Sigh Our Denial Laced Alibis that begins with:

Babysitting someone's emotions,
Is just too exhausting of a process....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdd XbXaXaa aXXXdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011010 0110100011 1110000101 01100101 1001001000 1100101101010 0100010011010 01010010 010010010100 00101001 110101001101 1100011000111 0010000101010100 111110101101 1101011110 1 010100010 101001010001 101010010101 10001001001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, and, to are repeated.

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