This is an analysis of the poem The Girl He Left Behind that begins with:

The Girl He Left Behind
We used to think her frivolous—you know how...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcdedeXfaf Xgfghbfbdaa hfafddbdgfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,11,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101 11010100111 101 010101011101 11 0111010111 0101 0101000001110 1 101110111110 101 110001011111 01 110110101111 101 1010111011 10101 1110111010 10111 1110111011 10101 11101011101 0111 01010100011101 111001101011 101 1101110111 0110 1110101111101 11 1111111011100 01 10100011101 1101 1110111010 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 375
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; and, to, i are repeated.

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  • summary of The Girl He Left Behind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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