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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  • summary of When You Left I Did A U-Turn;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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