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

Everybody loved Chick Lorimer in our town.
Far off ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcdXaabcdb Xcba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011100011 11 101010 11110111001 10111 11111111001 1111111010111 101 100101 10100 10111010 010011 101001010010 01111010101 01111100101 101011100 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; her is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nobody, were are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase gone connects the lines.

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  • summary of Gone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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