This is an analysis of the poem Perhaps that begins with:

THERE was a man, once, and a woman
Whose love was so entire... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddXefXgbGehXbhe hfXggfabcgahiiG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 1111010 1110100 1100110110 1010 10111100 111110 010101010100100 10011111 1111010111 1100 1100 10111 011100 1 0011110 111100 0101 1100 11010001010 01101 101000101 1111101010 1100 1011101010101 101110 1100 1011 1111010 1111100100 111 111101 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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  • summary of Perhaps;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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