This is an analysis of the poem When You Left I Did A U-Turn that begins with:
When you left I did a U-Turn.
And prevented my feelings from yielding....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcD AACE ABcD AACECFG ECFG CFXACF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,7,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110011 1010110010 10101111 1011011 11110011 1101111001 111010 010010101 11110011 1010110010 1010111 1011011 11110011 1101111001 111010 010010101 00100110110 11 0011 010010101 00100110110 11 0011 00100110110 11 11110011 00100110110 11
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
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