This is an analysis of the poem A Meeting that begins with:

Quite carelessly I turned the newsy sheet;
A song I sang, full many a year ago,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdebebefefbgbghdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100110101 01111100101 1111100101 1111111101 1101110101 0101001101 10001010101 1101110111 1101011101 1111011101 1111110101 0101100101 1001001101 1111111011 1101110101 1011010111 1111010111 011101011 1101010101 0101100101 01001110101 1101011101 1111011111 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1032
  • Average number of words per stanza: 203
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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  • summary of A Meeting;
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  • history of its creation;
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