This is an analysis of the poem The Past that begins with:
The Past is flowing through my thoughts—
Flowing like a sea; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXXabXbb bdccd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 01010111 10101 01010101 1011100 01011100 1010111 10101 10111110 1110101 11010101 11010101 101001 10110111 100101001 01010110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Past;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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