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

After so long an absence
At last we meet agin: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb bded cbXb afgf ehgh Xaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110 111101 10101110 110111 01011010 11101101 101011110 001001011 11001110 0010101 111111110 1111101 11001010 11001011 11001010 011111 11011110 1011011 10101110 10100111 111110010 0101101 101111010 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of, we, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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

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