This is an analysis of the poem Why Should I Be The Bait For You To Satiate Upon My Irritation? that begins with:

I could make more sense,
If I chose to leave you some....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbcb db cacXdXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11111 0110111 111010 0100110101 11010 1010 1101001 111101010 111011101 11101 110101101 111011 11010101 111001 110100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Why Should I Be The Bait For You To Satiate Upon My Irritation?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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