This is an analysis of the poem Meeting that begins with:

MY Damon was the first to wake
   The gentle flame that cannot die; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dedefXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11011101 11000101 11010101 01010101 11001101 10011101 10010101 10011101 11110101 110100111 110100110 111100101 10010110 111101001 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Meeting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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