This is an analysis of the poem Pre-Existence that begins with:
We have met, you and I, long ago,
Yesterday when I saw you I knew,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXaXbXbbccccbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111101 101111111 101001011 101111011 110110101 11011101 111111011 111101111 111101111 101111001 11111001 111001011 01001011 111101111 101111111 111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 574
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; i, strange, to, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word strange is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines i is repeated).
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- summary of Pre-Existence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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