This is an analysis of the poem Remembered Light that begins with:

The years are a falling of snow,
Slow but without cessation,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXcdaXcaXXcddXcdadbXcXeafX Xcfefa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101001 1101110 111101101110 11101010101 1010101101001 101111011 001011 10101101010 110010010100 11001010010 1010100001 100100100 01001110000 11011111 111111110 0110010100001 100101 1011011 1101101 110111101001 0111001010 1101010 11001101100 1011100011 1110010 110111110 101011001101 11010110011 10011000111001 11110 10111001 01000111011 1000010 10111001101010 111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 701
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, of are repeated.

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

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