This is an analysis of the poem The 'Could-Have-Beens' that begins with:
Why is there so much attention given,
To the 'could-have-beens' but weren't mentioned......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacX cdXede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101010 0011111010 10101111 1010100100010 00100110010100 01011101111 111010010 100010101001 11100101 0101101110110 111101000001 11110100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The 'Could-Have-Beens';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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