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

Of old, on her terrace at evening
...not here...in some long-gone kingdom ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBc dXaXcef f XcXdaaeXBac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,1,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010110 10111110 1101001 11111010 1011010010 01011110 101101101 010010 111010011 1101101 1011111 110110011 110110111 01001101 1011101 11010010 101001110 101001 10111110 011010110 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, that, in are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines world is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word world at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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