This is an analysis of the poem In Three Days that begins with:

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So, I shall see her in three days... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcXccc X abadeee X ffXdggggg X aXaXagaggXccabc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,1,9,1,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110011 11111111 111101101 11110110 11111101 11010111 10011110 1 11010101 11110111 11111110 01101111 11111101 11110101 010100101 1 11010111 01111101 010010111 10000101 11011111 10011101 11111101 010100101 11011001 1 11111111 11011111 11010101 01011110 11100101 11111101 11111111 10110101 01110001 01111100 11100101 00101101 11110011 11110111 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, and, fear are repeated.

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

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