This is an analysis of the poem Once For All, This Time that begins with:

Once for all, this time,
I have thoroughly understood;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXcXdX efXXdcf aeXXbe X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,6,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 11100101 011101 111010010 0111010010 11011 11110010 1011010 100110011110011 11010 11110101 1111101 00100010 10110 1101010111 110111011101 1111110 0101011010 10010110 01001010 11010111 110011 01010100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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  • summary of Once For All, This Time;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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