This is an analysis of the poem You Chased Me...To The Exit that begins with:

Discuss what and why?
You have won all of our debates....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdE Afe DGDFCHIB dXddijXkXjXkX iceDGDFCHIBjggXABCadE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,8,13,21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111 11110101 11010011101 1110010 00101111010 01111 1010111111 11011001010 1010001 111 11100100 101110110 1111 11010 011000010010 110101101011 11011001010 0110101010 001111 010100101 1101001 1 111011100 001101010 11110 1 1110010 10010111 01111001 11111101101010 101001011101 010 1010001 111 11100100 101110110 1111 11010 011000010010 110101101011 01011101001 01110011 11110111 01111 11110101 11010011101 111 0010 00101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

    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, to are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of You Chased Me...To The Exit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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