This is an analysis of the poem Between Going And Coming that begins with:

Between going and staying
the day wavers,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXab XX bc bX Xc aXXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110110 0110 010010100 01001010101 1010101 1010011010 1011101 101101 1001011 110011001 0101010001 011001001 000101000010 11110010011 10110011 01010100 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; all is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Between Going And Coming;
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  • history of its creation;
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