This is an analysis of the poem So You Had Intentions To Miss Your Boat? that begins with:
If you have missed your boat,
While procrastinating in hestitation......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbbXbac X aXX X XXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,3,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111 10101001000 1110101 0110100 1011111 11101001001 011110101110 1101 1001011 1101110111 111 1101001010 111101111101 11111000 1011101 11011010 01010 1110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and is repeated.
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