This is an analysis of the poem Not Into A 'Back-Then-When' that begins with:
Betwixt and between.
And no longer am I bothered by it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abb XcXadXc XXb bXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101 1110111010 1111111101 1101011110111 01010101100 10111010100010 100001110 1111010110101 101001010 1110111 1100101 1000111 001 11110101 110101010 1111101 11110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; i, to 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.
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