This is an analysis of the poem To Larkin that begins with:

Is it you I see go by the window, Jim Larkin—you not looking
at me nor any one,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbacdXabdXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111110101101110 111101 1111100101 11110101111011 11111001010 11010111010100001101 001001 010101100 1111111110110 011101011 111110101 11010111 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 585
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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