This is an analysis of the poem Met Again that begins with:

Alas ! when after years apart,
When every thought of wrong and strife,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef fgfg chch cdcd gigi jaja kakaXigig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110001 110010111 110010001 01110101 11011101 01011101 01110101 01000101 01010101 01111101 11011101 01010111 01011111 11010101 010011101 11010101 110110111 010111001 11111101 11001101 11010011 01001101 10010111 11011111 11111101 01010111 110111001 111101001 11001111 11001111 11011101 11010101 11111101 11010101 11010101 01010101 01011101 01110101 11001101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

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

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

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