This is an analysis of the poem After-Strain that begins with:
Now with wan ray that other sun of Song
Sets in the bleakening waters of my soul:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cded fgfg Xede chch eXeX hehX dede ieicXgdgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011110101 10010010011 1111011111 1111110101 10111100100 1111011101 10110101001 1111010111 0111110101 1101010101 11111101101 1111111101 10010001000 1111001011 1101100101 1001011101 1111010110 1100111011 0101001100 1101011111 1111111101 1111011101 1111110101 11010010101 11010100111 1111010111 101111001 1111011000 1001010001 01001100101 1111010101 1110111011 11111101010 11111011101 01010100110 1001010100 11010011001 1111010001 0111110001 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, must are repeated.
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- summary of After-Strain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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