This is an analysis of the poem Once When You Leave It that begins with:

Once when you leave it,
The magic of it doesn't come back....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACADE aBACADd fgahffad ABACADE AaahXaagAGXAagAGAa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,7,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 010001011 1110 01000001 11110 11001101 01001010111 11110 010001011 1110 01000001 11110 11001101 010010101100 0100010101 1 101010101001 1 0100110101 1 1111 01011 11110 010001011 1110 01000001 11110 11001101 01001010111 11110 1101011011 11110 11 111001 01110 1101101 11101 0101 0101 11110 11110 1101 0101 0101 11110 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; it is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Once When You Leave It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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