This is an analysis of the poem Why Didn'T You Say Something? that begins with:
However it happened,
My mind is quick to provide......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbcbbX aX XaaaXb adX cXXccXad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,6,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010 1101001 1010 0101001 111110 111000010 1111110 1110010 11010111 111 1010 0110 111011 101 1101010 1110100 11 101110111 11010101111 10 1 1 1101110 000100 10 11
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.
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