This is an analysis of the poem Could Have that begins with:
It could have happened.
It had to happen....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXcddedaX deXd XXcXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110 01010 01010010 10101 0101101 101011001 101011001 01010 10101 01011001001 0101110 100111010 10011011 100101010101 01010101110 1111100 01011101 110011111 1100111 10 10 1111011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, you, because are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, you, because are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Could Have;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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