This is an analysis of the poem The Tryst that begins with:
I.
I went, alone, to the old familiar place ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbccXccadXd X caXaefefadaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11010010101 11101 1011101111001 10111 11011100001 01101 100100110101 10101 11110011101 10101 1001010100 11101 1 001010111101 1111 10101000101 1101 1101010111 11101 1011010101 11101 10110010101 11101 11100110010101 01100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of The Tryst;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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