This is an analysis of the poem The Lost Lagoon that begins with:

It is dusk on the Lost Lagoon,
And we two dreaming the dusk away, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbba accca addda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 00110101 111100101 010100111 010101101 10100101 00100101 111010101 010110101 010110111 1100101 1100101 110111101 010110111 110100101 00100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words beneath, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word moon at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Lost Lagoon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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