This is an analysis of the poem You Are Not The Loyal And Devoted Kind that begins with:

Did you think I would chase?
And you were worthy of that adventure? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefcdXfffXgehaiXjfhXbidXccckXdkjg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 1101001010 1 011111 1110101 010100101 1001 10011 01010111 11010111 111111 111111 1010110 0111 111111010 11011 01111010101 11000101 11101 110 11101 111111 11101 010 01001 11101 1010111 11111 11001111 111101 11101010101 111 010 1111100 110 110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 908
  • Average number of words per stanza: 175
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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  • summary of You Are Not The Loyal And Devoted Kind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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