This is an analysis of the poem And This Will Be All.... that begins with:
And this will be all?
And the gates will never open again?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc dcbaAb XXdAXddcA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001 1010101001 1011010101010110101001011111 11010010 10100101 110110010 1010011011 0001 01010101001 0110110 1010110110010 11111001011 0001 1000111 1110110101 111010001111001 0001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all, songs are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word all at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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