This is an analysis of the poem You Are Just Arriving that begins with:
You are just arriving.
And I have been here! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDCE feXfcaX ABCDCE XfcAcdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 11101 1111110000101 11111110 101111 111111 11110 11101001101 11111111000 11111 010 111011010 11101111010 111010 11101 1111110000101 11111110 101111 111111 1110100100 111011 0010101 111010 11110101 0101100 10 11100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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- summary of You Are Just Arriving;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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