This is an analysis of the poem If The Past Has Come To Go that begins with:

If the past has come to go,
As it has....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdeffXeba ABbbbbggdd aBdedfbbg ABhfdehXaBXdcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,9,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011101 101 11110 10101100 001010100 11001010 10101 100101 11101010 101010110101 001000101001 0011101 101 1111110100 010010101 01101010 01011 011111 010101011001 0101101 1110100101100 10011101 101 111101100 01010100100 101000101010 0011111010010 001011011010 10101110 011001001 0011101 101 10111010010 001110101 010111 1010010101010101 1110100101001 001001110010 0010101 101 111 00010101010100 111110100 0010101 10101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of If The Past Has Come To Go;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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