This is an analysis of the poem The Furthest Thing From My Mind that begins with:

Several years ago,
If I had witnessed a guy......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXaXcc d Xcc c adbddXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,3,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100001 0111001 01101110 11110110110 010101110 1111101001 101000100 10101010 1110111 0110100100101 1111001010 1010110101110 111011110 101 1100101 100110101 11011101 1111101 101111001010100 1110011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • 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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  • summary of The Furthest Thing From My Mind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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