This is an analysis of the poem Let Bygones Be Bygones that begins with:
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'There use to be a bridge here, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abcb XXX c bXbcdcX XX XXdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,3,1,7,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 1100011 1111 01101 1110010 111010 1011 011010 11001110101 11 1110100 01 110101101 1001010 11111011 10011100 101101 1110111 111 11000 01 1 11
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; lift is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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