This is an analysis of the poem Those Days Are Over that begins with:
I would rather work with you,
Than not....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABccXdb bbed fXXbdeggh ABdfhXaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,9,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 11 101011 0101 11010101 010110100 011010101 001000101 10111010111 00101011 1011101011 0111 00010101 1101000100 01110001 1101110 1010111 11101 010111 11101 1110101 11 11111001001 0101110 1111111 11110 01 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Those Days Are Over;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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