This is an analysis of the poem 'Sorry' that begins with:
one thing i don't need
is any more apologies ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdbefgbf aXhXijXckafflXjkhJk jfXfmmllgklbbeaJ llefXifdjjdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,19,16,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 01010100 11101011111 1111 11110111 11101 11011 111110 1101010 111111011011 1010 111010 0100 111 11101010 0101001101 1110010110 110010 010101011 1010101 111 01110 1110 1 11111000 11101101111111 101101101010 01010101110 110101100 101011101011 10111010 11001110 101101 101110 1 1011 011001 10111 110 111010 11110110011 1010011010110010 11 1011001 1 110101100 111110 1110110 11110010011 01101011110 11101011110 111001 11101010 11 1101 1111101111 101101001 01110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 401
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is 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 purpose is repeated).
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