This is an analysis of the poem Not Now, When Skies Are Gold And Blue that begins with:

And you have me and I have you,
When there are roses all the way, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabb aaXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11110101 11011101 11010111 111101001 10011111 11010111 100010111 11011110 1101001001 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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