This is an analysis of the poem Again that begins with:

JUST to live under green leaves and see them
Just to lie under low stars and watch them wane,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011110 10110111101 101101111010 01 1011010110110 10110110011 11110110110 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, just, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word just at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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