This is an analysis of the poem Constancy that begins with:

Dull were the days and sober,
The mountains were brown and bare,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dXdX efef gfgf hihi jhjh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 0100111 101011010 1011001 01010110 00100101 111010010 110111 10111110 0010111 10100010 0010111 01011010 0100101 1110011010 01011001 1110010 11001011 010111010 1110100 0010110011 01001000 1111010011 0101111 1011101110 01001011 1011011110 01001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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, her, to are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase if connects the lines.

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

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