This is an analysis of the poem Wherever That 'Overthereness' May Be that begins with:

Pray on knees for their answers to come.
And when they eventually arrive, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdX addXdX cXX Xcdcd XbXXbX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,3,5,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111001 1110100001 1010101101 101101101010 111 10 10110011100 11101001011 100001010 1011 11010100101 0100110111010 11111100100 1110111010011 010101010010100 1101010 11111100100 110101001 001000001100 11010010100 010010010010 1011101 00100100111000 01011000010 00010100010101 1101111100 111111 11110000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Wherever That 'Overthereness' May Be;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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