Then And Now by Cicely Fox Smith: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Then And Now that begins with:

O FAIR to see, scudding with gull-like motion,
Or hovering poised on shadowing wings of snow;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef eded aaaa gaga dhdh fifi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001110 110011100101 011101000010 010001 111101001100 1111010101 101101010100 101101 11110101010 1101001101 110100101010 111101 11010001010 11001010111 111000101010 010101 1010000100110 11010101001 01000101010 1010101 11011101010 1111010111 11010101110 010111 11011111010 1101100111 11010110010 1010001 110101110010 1101000101 101011100010 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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