This is an analysis of the poem Only Then that begins with:
First of all,
I'm not trying to be lost up in your love....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXbc dXea ebXcXXdda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 01100011011 11010011 0110 10100101110101 111110111100100 101011010 111111111 111010101 1111010 101001001 110100101100 11 111 11011100100 0100111011 101100110 111101010010 101 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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