This is an analysis of the poem It Was Not Once that begins with:

It was not only once, it will go this way,
In our fight, which is deaf and destroying: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110100101 0111011010 101001101101 0011011010 11101101001 1110011110 0010100101 1010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; it is repeated.

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  • summary of It Was Not Once;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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