This is an analysis of the poem I Have Been Thinking that begins with:
I have been thinking...
I have been thinking of the difference between water ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcc Xcb XddXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010 11010001000110 11010010100011010 10110101 0010011101 101001 011111101 1011100100 010 100101011 010010100 110111 100101111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; been, have, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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