This is an analysis of the poem You Knew That! That's Why You Accepted My Invitation that begins with:
I am so glad I was able to accept your invitation,
To join you this evening to eat....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc XdeX ffgh ibcXX gh XibX bbe eedbXX e cXebfbX XXc aeebX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,5,2,4,3,6,1,7,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111000111010 01101001 1111001 1 1111101 1111110 0111010 111 1111 0 010 11010111 1 11 0110111 11101 0 00101010 110 011 01010 11011010 01 1 11010 110101 11 1 01101 11101011 1111010 1001 1101011 1111010010 1111110101 1111010101 11100101110 111110101 111110000 1 1111101 11 11101 100111 10011 111 111010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; to, i, you, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, i are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase this connects the lines.
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