This is an analysis of the poem The Years Restored that begins with:

I said: Their thunders are forever dumb:
Time and the sun find not that former might,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbX XcdXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101111101 11110110001 1101011101 1001000111 1111010101 0101010101 011101000 11110101001 01010001000 1001010100 00110101010 1101010100 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Years Restored;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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