This is an analysis of the poem You Can Begin To Think That Over that begins with:

I don't know where you are going in such a hurry.
I've got the keys....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX XbXb ccd daX XXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111001010 1101 11111011 011110101101 1101 1111000101001 11100 1110001110 111101110 011101010101 1111011001 101010101 1111 1 110101110 111100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you, to, of are repeated.

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  • summary of You Can Begin To Think That Over;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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