This is an analysis of the poem You Thought Of My Kindness As Being Weak that begins with:

When you chose me to be that someone
You could defeat and ruin easily......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb XcXba aXcd bddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100111 1101110100 11100010011 11001101010 11110011 1101101101 110101101 010100101010 1111001011010 1110 1101010111110 0111111100 1011 10111101 1101 1101101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you are repeated.

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  • summary of You Thought Of My Kindness As Being Weak;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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