This is an analysis of the poem Wrong And So Long Gone Are Those Times that begins with:

You pop up.
With expectations, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaA XXXb XbXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 01010 1111110 11111111 111110100 1110001111 110100010110 0101 110101011111 11110101 1011011 11101111110 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.

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