This is an analysis of the poem By And By that begins with:
Was the parting very bitter?
Was the hand clasped very tight?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbadeX bfgfadXX XbcbXdcX egcgedcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1011101 00101110 0011111 11000010 1010111 11101110 1010111 10101110 1110111 001110010 1011101 10111010 1010101 10111111 0010111 10111010 10101111 10101110 1010101 11111010 1011111 11101010 1010111 11111110 10101001 1110101100 1110101 11101010 1111101 11111010 10010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 words was, calmly are repeated.
The author used the same word was at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of By And By;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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