This is an analysis of the poem Gone Too Far To Prove that begins with:

Someday
You will think about this...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCDEFGB a ehdggijikk abfbdigjbd aLDXdfdmj aLDbd afghmhgXiiicmnmmcncec aBCDEFGBXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,10,10,9,5,21,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 101010 110111 0001 1011 1001010010 11001 011 11 101 1001110 1 111 01 11111 10101110 011 1111 00101 11 111100 01110 0110100 11 0101 11101011 10 101001 10100101 111 101 10101 11 001 001000010 10111 111001 0101000 11 101 10101 011100 101 11 101110 1101 10 00101111 10 111111 01 110101 01110111 1 1011 101 1110 101111 001011 11011 0101 01 1 1001 11 101010 110111 0001 1011 1001010010 11001 011 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Gone Too Far To Prove;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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