This is an analysis of the poem We Shall See that begins with:

We shall see
Certainly we, too, shall see...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAB cde efeXXc XgfXdX AAB dhdGHH XHHXGHH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,6,3,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1001111 111101001 11110 01001010 10110101 1101 011101 0110111 11010001 010100 1101 1001110 1100110001 11011011101100 1 100010011001110 11001111010010 111 1001111 111101001 01100110001 10010011001 1001101 10111111 1111 1111 1010100101 1111 1111 10111111 1111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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, we, be, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines see is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of We Shall See;
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