This is an analysis of the poem You Were Wrong that begins with:

I'm not sorry nor apologize,
That I find your friend a whining pest....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbddXXe efggfdd XBG XXXbcX BG XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,3,6,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011010101 111110101 1111101101 11001101 1101111 00111001 11101101 0010100 01111010111 1011110101 111111001 1101110101 01011101101 111011111101 01111 100110101 101101 010111110 1111010111 1 1110111 0010101010 00100101 110101010 0111 010111110 1111010111 1 1011101011 1100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of You Were Wrong;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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