This is an analysis of the poem Would You Like Me To Bake You Some Cookies? that begins with:

Freeze.
Get on your hands and knees....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXccCB deeX cdCB XXX fcc X X fXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,4,3,3,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111111 10011 11100 1101011 1110101 10 111 011101 1100101 111011 100100000100011 1101001 10 1011 111 011101 1 11 0110101101 11 0100 0110011 111101111010 10111 11 01110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.

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  • summary of Would You Like Me To Bake You Some Cookies?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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