This is an analysis of the poem Ever After that begins with:
What am I to you now that you are no
longer what you used to be to me? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX Xb aX bX cd bd XXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1110111111 101110001 111011011 101111111 0001000111 1111111011 10101001111 1101001 11011101 111101101 1111111110 011111101 1110000111 1110010011 11010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, what, you, now, that, used are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
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