This is an analysis of the poem Nostalgia that begins with:
To give this book a dedication
The desert sickened, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXab bbaX XXaa acXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101010 01010 110111010 11010 011101010 11010 111101010 11110 110100010 11010 110111011 11110 101101110 11010 100011010 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Nostalgia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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