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

SOMEWHERE you and I remember we came.
Stairways from the sea and our heads dripping....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101011 1100111110 10011111110 101011111010 111110001011000101110 1101101010110111010101 10111111100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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