This is an analysis of the poem You Had Just Left that begins with:

You had just left. As I had asked.
I followed you along the mellow path,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bb ccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11111111 1101010101 011110010101 11011111 1111011011 1001010101 110101111101 110001011101 01101111101 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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