This is an analysis of the poem Afterglow that begins with:
A magic wrought of dying dreams
A wizard light that creeps and glows;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dbdb ebeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 01011111 10111101 010111 100100101 10110101 10010101 100101 111100101 11111101 10010101 110101 11010111 01111111 11111101 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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- summary of Afterglow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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