This is an analysis of the poem If The Beginning Had Not Ended that begins with:

If the beginning had not ended...
Would we find a need to be in discussion, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000101110 11101000010 0101001 01 101000010 010011011 111010100011 01100111 1111101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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