This is an analysis of the poem For Far Too Many Days, Months And Years that begins with:

The only point that you can make...
That can be proven, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcad ebebdccf Xggeefee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 11010 0010101 111110010 11101101 011111 1010111001 1100101 101 101011110101 010110100 111101110 01110110 11011111010 1 0111 100111111 0110011101 111110101010 10100110 11101111 1010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; can, to, and, not are repeated.

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  • summary of For Far Too Many Days, Months And Years;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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