This is an analysis of the poem Not Quite The Same that begins with:

Not quite the same the springtime seems to me,
Since that sad season when in separate ways... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabbC deedeeC fggfgXC hffhaXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 11110101011 1101111111 1111011111 1001010101 01101111101 1101 11010111110 1001011101 1100011111 110101110010 1111110111 1101110110 1101 1011011111 1111111111 1111010111 1010010101 0111101101 1001011111 1101 11011111010 1011110101 1101111011 11111101010 0101110110 0101110100 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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