This is an analysis of the poem Half An Hour that begins with:

I never had you, nor will I ever have you
I suppose. A few words, an approach...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbccabXdXccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111011011 101011101 10011011101 001010001011111 01001000110110 101110110 11111 100101011010100101 110101 110100010110 1010111101 111110110 0110101001 110010101010101 110011111 110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 637
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Half An Hour;
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