This is an analysis of the poem Unfinished History that begins with:

WE HAVE loved each other in this time twenty years
And with such love as few men have in them even for...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXaXbaXacacddcbeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110001100 1011111100101 111010110100 11100110010 11010010011 1110101010110 010111010001 1011001101 01101110110 111110010010110 1001011000010 111110111010 11110111110 01010011010010 1011101101110 1101011111 11111111010 1111010111 11100101101 011101111010 10011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1053
  • Average number of words per stanza: 217
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, we are repeated.

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

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