This is an analysis of the poem After Long Years that begins with:

“AND have I changed?” she asked, and as she spoke
The old smile o'er her pale face bravely broke, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbbcccdddeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111111111 01110011101 1001110101 1111010101 0101010101 1101011011 1011010101 1111111101 1011011101 1111011111 0111110101 1001010010 1101011111 1100010111 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 702
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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.

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