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

I put by the half-written poem,
While the pen, idly trailed in my hand,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXDEFE XaXagbgb bXgfhigX hihihjcj ABCXDEFE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011010 101101011 111110010 11011100 1010111011 101101001 1010111010 11011001 1110011110 01101011 1011111110 01010111 010010010 11101001 0010011010 11001001 1011011110 11001011 111111110 01100101 11010010 11001111 11111110 1111011 110011010 101111001 110011010 01001001 110110010 11001001 101011001011 101101101 111011010 101101011 111110010 11011100 1010111011 101101001 1010111010 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, for, that, her, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Lost Kiss;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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