This is an analysis of the poem Go With The Momentum that begins with:

When I was a child I remember vividly,
This young woman reaching for sheets to hang......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXefbe eaeXXX Xgc XXX hh dXfcaghX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,3,3,2,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011010100 0110101101 01000100101 011111 1110011 1100110111010 11110110 0111 011 110 0001010010010 11101100101 1010 011000100 1110101010 10101 1101001 001101 100011 11111011 10101011 111 110100010 1100 1110100010 110111010 11011 1100100 001010101 101011 1100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Go With The Momentum;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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