This is an analysis of the poem Again that begins with:

Well, I've met her again-at the Mission.
She'd told me to see her no more;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd ecec eXeX afaX acac efeX ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011010 11101011 0110010010 1100101 110010111 01001001 011110110 10101001 111110010 01001011 110010010 11101001 1110011110 01001111 111110110 01101111 1110010110 11001101 1111011010 111110010 1110111010 0110011 0110011010 10111011 110011110 1111001 011110010 11001011 0110111010 11011011 011011010 01101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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