This is an analysis of the poem You Are An Inspiration that begins with:

You want me to create for you a job?
So you can do what? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccdXaefcXgch eebXcXhXXfdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011101 11111 10101111 1100111101 101110011 10101111010 101 10110100101 111110010 110111 100 0101 1101010010 0100110100 11010111001 101010001 10110101 111111 10111111001 1 1110111010011 1010110011011 011010011110111 1 1101010 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of You Are An Inspiration;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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