This is an analysis of the poem The Past that begins with:
Small light in the sky appearing
suddenly between...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc ddb BXXX dXXX eXc B XeXXea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,4,3,1,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001010 10001 1111110 1110010010 1010 110010 10110010011 101101110 101011001 1010010010 111001 1001111111 000100100100 01110011 011010 10011 1001111 10110010011 00110111 1001001011 1011010 0111101 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; sound is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Past;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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