This is an analysis of the poem Past, Present, Future that begins with:
Tell me, tell me, smiling child,
What the past is like to thee ?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cbcX ddbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111101 1010101 11010111 00111100 111000110 1111001 10111100010 011110 110010101 11010101 0101001001 10001000
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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