This is an analysis of the poem When In The Making Of Attempts that begins with:

When in the making of attempts,
With intentions that had been premeditated....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcc cac Xdb XXd X ec aX e eX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,3,3,1,2,2,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010001 001011001010 110101 10101000101001 10101 111101001 1011101 10110101110 01101 1010001010 0101010100010 101 10110111 00100110111010 11111 1 11 10100100000100 010011001010100 1111 111 110011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of When In The Making Of Attempts;
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