This is an analysis of the poem Pathetic Way Of Getting Over Me that begins with:

Oh if you read in the papers that she's been seen
A gettin' in an out of some millionare's long custom made limousine...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabBccbBXdbdeebBXXXddXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100101101 0100110110001101101 11110011111 11011010100101010101 11011110111010 111110110010 111100101110101 11011010100101010101 11110111101110 01100101010100 11101111101011111 110101010101 11111110101101 0110101001010101 11100111011111 11011010100101010101 01010100110111110101010 11111111001 11010010101000 111101011101100101 11111110101 1111111001 10111111010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1417
  • Average number of words per stanza: 270
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, she, of, just, me, i are repeated.

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

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