This is an analysis of the poem I Had Been There Before that begins with:
I had been there before.
To feel indecisive in between doubts....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXXcA AXXdde AbbeXXXcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 0110100011 01101 10010100110100 1100111010110 110101 110101 01010001101 10010101010100 1101111010101010 001011010 0110001111110101 110101 011010011100 111101101110101 111111110110101 1101000 1101110100100101010 11011000111011010 101111010100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines before is repeated).
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