This is an analysis of the poem Mr Ifonly that begins with:
Mr Ifonly sat down and he sighed,
I could have done more if only I had tried...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccaadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1010011111 11111010111 01011101101 01011101111 01011101111 1110101111 0100111001 111110101 1010011111 111011010111 11111110101 110100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 479
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, if, only, had are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
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- summary of Mr Ifonly;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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