This is an analysis of the poem To Lone that begins with:

ALL day within me, sweet and clear
The song you sang is ringing.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcXXdedfefebcbcXfgfdgdghihiiiiiXXeidcdcfdfdebeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 0111010 11011101 1111010 11110111 1101010 11010111 1111100 01110100 1101010 11010111 1100010 11011101 1101011 01010101 0101101 01011101 1111010 010010001 1111010 11110011 0101010 11000101 0101010 010110010 1101010 001001010 0011110 01101101 01010010 01010111 1111110 110111110 1111110 1101010010 1101110 11110111 1111000 01010101 0101010 110111010 0111010 110110110 0111010 01010101 0101110 11110111 1100110 11011101 0111110 11001101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1680
  • Average number of words per stanza: 296
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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; through, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words through, the, they, and are repeated.

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  • summary of To Lone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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