This is an analysis of the poem When Have You Ever Dealt With It Anyway? that begins with:
Hmmm...
Let's see....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX ab X X cdefafdd XcXX e bXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,1,1,8,4,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11 111101 100100011010010 110111110 11101 1110111010 11 0111001 00111101 01111010010 1110110101 11111 0101 1 0101 0110100100 0111110011 1 0101001010 110010101011001 11110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; would, that are repeated.
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