This is an analysis of the poem When Looking Back that begins with:
When looking back,
And many today have done just that! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcdcee bdddfXaecdfa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 110011111 1111101 010111011 01000 0010111010 1101101010 10011101 101101100110 11001001001010100 0110001011111100 110100 010010101 101101 11010111 11010010110 110100100100 000110101 01110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, to are repeated.
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