This is an analysis of the poem All Of What It Was that begins with:
Why are you on my mind,
When I said we were finished....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDE FGXfXhh FiGedXaXi fIGdfefee ABCDE FGXjf FIGddjXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,9,9,5,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 1111010 1111010010 101 00101010 11111101 101001 101010000 101111 1001011 11111 111110101 11 101010 111 10101 1101111 1111010 0110111 1100111 00010100 1 111010 111 110101 10100111 111111 01 1101011 1111011 111111 1111010 1111010010 101 00101010 11111101 101001 101010000 10111110 111110001 11 111010 111 11010111 0101 1111011010 1101111110 0100101111001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word all is repeated.
The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase bleed connects the lines.
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- summary of All Of What It Was;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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