This is an analysis of the poem Come Back, Sweet Yesterdays! that begins with:
Come back, sweet yesterdays!
Sweet yesterdays, come back!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcbcbbaAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 110111 1101110 110101 0101110 100111 110101 111111 111101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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