This is an analysis of the poem There's Got To Be A Morning After that begins with:

I heard it once, smoothed-out
by gallons of coffee,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabXa aXXXccXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110111 110010 110101 11000010 10010110 1101101101 1111011110100 11110100101 100100 100100 101111 11100101 01011111 11010001 0100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of There's Got To Be A Morning After;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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