This is an analysis of the poem Retrospect that begins with:
Alas, and I have sung
Much song of matters vain,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcccb bXbXdeXf geegheiihXh Xdjfdfj dbbdbeekdkd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,11,7,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111 110101 1010101 1010001 010111 101101101 0011111101 110111 110001 1101001 110101 1010101001011 1011011 110101 111100 110101 110101 110101 100111 1101100011 110101 110111 111101 101111 11100110101 010110 111011 101111 010100 0101010101 110111 010101 011101 110111101101 111101 100101 110011 111101 011101011001 110101 1011001 1010110101 110111 110101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Retrospect;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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