This is an analysis of the poem Far Off that begins with:

I should like to relate this memory ...
but it is so faded now ... scarecely anthing is left --...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX Xabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010100 100110110001001 010111000011011 01101010 11010101011 111100100110111 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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.

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  • summary of Far Off;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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