This is an analysis of the poem Why Are You So Sensitive? that begins with:

I did not say one thing about your diet.
Do not try to throw that guilt trip on me! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdbXdXbac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101110 1110111111 1101110 010110011 1111010 11100101010 101110 1111100 111111111 01101110 110010 111001 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; not, you are repeated.

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