This is an analysis of the poem Now And Afterwards that begins with:
TWO hands upon the breast,
And labor's done; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaXaXaa XcacdcdXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 1101 111101 0101 110111 1111 111101 10110 1111011011 100101001 110110 1101 111101 1001 111101 1111 111101 1111 1111001111 1011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Now And Afterwards;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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