This is an analysis of the poem Vies Manquees that begins with:
A YEAR ago we walked the wood--
A year ago to-day; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xeae fbfb dcdc baba bgbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011101 010101 01010101 1001101 11010111 111101 01010111 110101 011101100 1101101 11010001 010111 11010001 110101 11111111 111101 01110111 010111 11011101 0101101 01010101 110101 11010101 111101 11010111 1100101 11111111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, too, much, again are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase again connects the lines.
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