This is an analysis of the poem When the Vacation is Over for Good that begins with:
It will be strange
Knowing at last it couldn't go on forever,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cXcc deed Xbbc fggf hiih
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0001 101101011010 010110110110 11011 101001 011100101001 10111110111 111001 1001 01011010101 010010011001 111011 11010 111001010110110 1011001101010 101101 1101 011011111001 0010111001010 11001 11110 11010011101 11101011100 1110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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