This is an analysis of the poem This Time Of Year A Twelvemonth Past that begins with:

This time of year a twelvemonth past,
When Fred and I would meet, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa abab cdcd efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010101001 111111 11110111 111111 11010101 110101 11010111 100101 01011101 111101 01111100 010101 110111010 110111 111111010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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