This is an analysis of the poem What Re-Action From Me Do You Expect? that begins with:

Observing...
With a giving to someone, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabc cbccdd XecXe XX aXcccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,2,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 0010011 1010010 010110110100 0101001101 010101001001100 11110100100010100 01011 110110101 1001001010001 10011001001 11011010 10001101000010010 1100011010 10010010101 0111 111111 101110100 1110 0010000100010101 1001110 11110101010001 1100101110101 11110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, their are repeated.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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