This is an analysis of the poem The Days When We Were Young that begins with:
Sister! Sister! don't you remember
The days when we were young?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcBBdefEE ABXBBXfcFF ABgBBgddDD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011010 011101 0111001101 10100101 10100101 111011101 111101 11011110 1010101 1010101 101011010 011101 0101001101 10101111 10101111 101011101 110101 11010111 0011101 0011101 101011010 011101 0101101011 110001101 110001101 111011101 111101 11010111 1111101 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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