This is an analysis of the poem How It All Began that begins with:

So we settled it all when the storm was done
As comfy as comfy could be;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11100110111 11011010 1110100111 0111101 1101100101 01111101 111010111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of How It All Began;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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