This is an analysis of the poem No Doctor's Today, Thank You that begins with:

They tell me that euphoria is the feeling of feeling wonderful,
well, today I feel euphorian,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbaXccddbbXbXXXXXXbbXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101000010010100 10111100 011100100001110100000 0100 101111011011010 011101001100011010 1010 0011001 1011010110001010101 10110101 10100101 1011111 1111100101 11010011010 1110000011011 1100011010 110 1100011010 1110 1111110100 11110110100 1111111011011001001 1110100 111000101000110110000 1101111111111 100 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1039
  • Average number of words per stanza: 190
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, i are repeated.

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

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