This is an analysis of the poem After Many Years that begins with:

The song that once I dreamed about,
   The tender, touching thing, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dedecfcf gfgfhihi gegefifi jajakbkb lilifmfm lflfgjgj ckckfcfc aaaahnhnXcfcfmbmb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 110101 110010101 110111 00110001 111101 11001101 100101 00110101 1101001 11011001 100101 11010101 110101 11000101 111101 11110101 110101 11011101 1111001 110001001 110111 01000111 110101 11010101 110111 11111111 111101 01000101 110101 11110101 111101 10010001 110101 01010101 110101 11011101 100111 01010011 110001 11000101 111101 0101011011 111100 11000101 110111 11010111 110101 11111011 110101 01110101 110101 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 11110101 110101 01010111 110001 01010001 110101 01001101 110101 01010001 101111 01010101 111101 11110101 110101 01111101 101001 10011101 110101 11011101 110001 11010101 111101 11010011 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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