This is an analysis of the poem Have You Been Here Before? that begins with:
Have you been here before?
At this moment in time? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDE F XghXh f Xiidh ABCDE Ff fjifgXeji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,5,1,5,5,2,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 101001 01101 01001 11 110 11111100010 100100110101 00101001101 101110100 001001011 11 1111011 011101 0100101 1100101001 110101010101 110101 101001 01101 01001 11 110 111111 11 1110110 011 1101110001 111011111010 11 1101111 01001110101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
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