This is an analysis of the poem To... (Kern) that begins with:
I still recall the wondrous moment
When you appeared before my eyes, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaBB XXca aaXb Xbbd bcBB Xabd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101010 11010111 110101010 111101010 101100010101 0101001100 11110101 11110101 01010101 01110100 11011101 110101 011010001 11010111 010111010 01010101 11010101 11011101 110101010 111101010 110110010 01010101 100111010 01010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; in, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words just, your, bereft are repeated.
The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of To... (Kern);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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