This is an analysis of the poem You Can Try! But Why? that begins with:
Don't prolong that which has gone,
With a wanting to replace it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcaddd cXXX ABbee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 00100010 010101101 10111101001 10001101 101010101010 01010101010 10001000 1110101101 1101011 1110101 1011111 00100010 11 111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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