This is an analysis of the poem Recollections that begins with:
I.
Years upon years, as a course of clouds that thicken... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abXB bab aXaB X cbcB bXb cbcB X bbbB XbbXbbbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,3,4,1,4,3,4,1,4,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 001010101110 10010011111 1101001010100 0010 10010011111 111000111110 101100110101 110100111110 10111010110 101110100110 0010 1 001010101110 101110101001 110110101110 0010 10010011101 101110111110 10111111101 110110111110 10010110101 110110111110 0010 1 001010111110 110101101011 100100111010 0010 110100111110 1001101000010 10111110111 111111111110 101110101001 111110101010 0010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, years, that, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Recollections;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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