This is an analysis of the poem What Is It You Are Saying? that begins with:
I should be less self involved.
And bring comfort to others, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abac X cade fX fecXf X eead X fcaXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,2,5,1,4,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101 1110010 11101 011111001 1 11 111101 010100101101 11101110 111 1111000101 001 1111010 101101001 110010011010 1001 110011101 01010101 11011100111 11111001 10010001010 1110 11 11101101011 01001 111001011 111110010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.
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