This is an analysis of the poem Why Are You So Suspicious? that begins with:
Faithful?
I've been faithful to a fault....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXacbc X XdX Xe XbdX fXX bXXe X fX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,3,2,4,3,4,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 1010001 111011 0101100100 10111110 11011100 110010110 10 101 1111100101 100 101 111001100 1 110100100 11011 1010101 01010001 1111 01111001011 110101 0101111101 100110010100 1110111010 1111000001 1111010 0011111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 27
- 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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Why Are You So Suspicious?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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