This is an analysis of the poem The Future. that begins with:

I WAS a laughing child, and gaily dwelt
Where murmuring brooks, and dark blue rivers roll'd,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabdceXfgdhaaX ibbbheefaajkgjlgbmiehblagc bmbaanXhabkjkaifcjgcaibfbc dbXhhkjmebgcejodkcgbhgajdf kbbbbhgbmckXXbbXbajaodlbicXcegbbkenkhcagaoclo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,26,26,26,45,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 11001111101 11001101101 0101010011 1110110101 1101110101 1101110110 1111101111 01011101000 1111001111 1101010101 1001000100 0111110100 0111010111 11011101010 1101010100 1111011101 1001010101 1111011111 0101000111 1111011101 1011011101 1111110111 1001011011 1111110111 11011101110 010110110 1111011111 1111010101 11111011001 11010111010 0101010101 1111111111 0101111101 11010111001 1111011101 1101011101 1111010111 11110101110 11111101010 11010101010 1111010101 1101110101 10010000101 01111101010 11110111101 11110 0111010101 111111100 1111111001 1111011101 11110011010 01011011001 1111101111 1001010111 1101110001 1101010101 0101111101 11010101010 1011001111 1101010101 10011100110 1100010001 10111101110 0110001101 0101010101 11010111001 1011011101 1111010101 1011010101 110111001100 1011011101 1111111101 0101011111 1111000101 0101010111 1111011101 1111101101 1011111101 1101011001 01011011101 0101010101 010110011001 0101110111 1111111101 1100010101 11001111010 11010110101 0101010101 1101111011 0111010101 1111010101 0111110101 1011110101 0101111101 0100111111 1101010111 10110001101 1101110101 1111011111 1011010101 01010101110 1011010101 1111000011 11110101101 0111011111 11111101110 11111111001 1110110011 1011111111 0011011111 1110110101 1101110101 1101010101 1001010101 01011101110 10110111010 1111011111 01011101010 1111100101 11011111001 1011011101 100100111011 1111011111 1111110101 1101100101 1111111111 1111010101 0101011111 01011111110 110111 1111 1101110101 11000101110 1101111101 1101010100 11011101010 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 991
  • Average number of words per stanza: 192
  • Amount of lines: 138
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, he, she, i, my, so, his, but, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and, the, so, but are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase silence connects the lines.

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

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