This is an analysis of the poem If They'Re Available that begins with:

What I find...
Will be mine, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC abcC DCECACFaG DCECACFaG ABACDCECACFaG DECbCDeCeC ABACXDECACECAaGDECACECAC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,9,13,10,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 001 1110001 000100111001 1111 001001 11 000100111001 001011001 010100111001 11001 010100111001 11010 010100111001 11001 1 01011010 001011001 010100111001 11001 010100111001 11010 010100111001 11001 1 01011010 111 001 1110001 000100111001 001011001 010100111001 11001 010100111001 11010 010100111001 11001 1 01011010 0100 1111 010100111001 001110 010100111001 0100 1 010100111001 111 010100111001 111 001 1110001 000100111001 0100 1111 010100111001 10111 010100111001 10111 010100111001 10111 1 01011010 0100 1111 010100111001 10111 010100111001 10111 010100111001 10111 010100111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same words game, happy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of If They'Re Available;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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