This is an analysis of the poem Was that begins with:
It was all that had been wanted,
Back then....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXc dXaea afegag acbec cXfdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01111010 11 110110001 101 01111011 010001010001 1101010 011101 01100010010 1101100101 101101 10111 1011101 10010011 1101 111011 01000101 101110100010 01011001 00101011100 110010100010 001010101 1010111 0111001101 101001010 00100010100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Was;
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