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

Just as he changes himself, in the end eternity changes him.
—Mallarmé...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcDececfXfXfXbgacgfXacfhdhecgfdcXhefbcD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010010100101 10 1010101 0010010111 0110001 11101101 1010110 10011 01010010 001101 1101001000 110100101 011110 1101101 111 01001001 0110101 11110010 1110101 111111 1011010 11110 100110 011111 11101 111111 1001111 01010110 1111 10100101 11011 10101010 0111 111101 110011 11010011111 011110011 101011 100111101 1010001 001010001 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 230
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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