This is an analysis of the poem After All Is Said And Done that begins with:

AFTER all is said and done,
After all the work and fun, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbcddXc eeefaaXf aAecbbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 1010111 10101010 1010101 10111011 10101111 00100110 1110101 10011010 10011010 10011010 0010101 10011110 00111110 00111110 1011101 1010111 1010111 11011010 0110101 11101010 00101010 11101111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; after, all, and, there, be, no are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).

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