This is an analysis of the poem The Return Of The Goddess that begins with:

Not as in youth, with steps outspeeding morn,
And cheeks all bright from rapture of the way,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef agag ffff dddd hihiXbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011001 1111010001 1011110101 110101 1101011101 1111010101 1011011101 010101 1101110101 1110010101 1011111100 010111 1101011111 11100100101 1001010111 110111 1101010101 1101110111 01001010101 1010001 0101010101 1101011101 0111100001 111101 0111010101 0101010101 11011101101 1101001 0100010111 1001110101 0111010111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

    The author used the same words does, if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Return Of The Goddess;
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  • history of its creation;
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