This is an analysis of the poem Yesterday Is History that begins with:
Yesterday is History,
'Tis so far away - ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaa abXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010100 11101 1010100 10100 1010100 10001 1110101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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