This is an analysis of the poem The Past that begins with:
I fling the past behind me, like a robe
Worn threadbare at the seams, and out of date. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXabaXXaab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101011101 1111011101 11110100111 1101010101 0101010101 1111010111 0101000100 0101110001 0100010001 1101010101 0101110111 11010100101 11011101001 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 602
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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; i, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Past;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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