This is an analysis of the poem Ain'T Nothing From The Past Coming Back that begins with:
Not a 'what-if' in sight,
On the horizon in my mind....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXcbacd XaaacdcX X bacaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101101 10010011 10111001 1110 01111100 0100101101 01100100111 110011110110 011010 0101011111111 110011100100 10001110 11110111110001 1101010111 101111 1100100101 1100011010000 110 10101001100110010 1111010101101 01011001001110 110010101001 100101000011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; to is repeated.
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