This is an analysis of the poem Next Time that begins with:

I'll know the names of all of the birds
and flowers, and not only that, I'll...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcc cdbXb ddefe XXdcfc aXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 110111011 11010001010 010111010 10111100010 1010010 1111001 0100101110 11011011 1111111 1111111 11011101 101101000 10110110 1011101101 1111101011 100111101 111010101101 1100101110 11011101 1110100 11010101 101101110 01110110 1010110101000 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to are repeated.

    The author used the same words i'll, next at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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