This is an analysis of the poem We Both Are Here, Again that begins with:

We both are here, again,
in memory of sound bird’s river of light....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXddeaXf adXbgbh chhgf fcXea XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,7,5,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111101 01000111001 1111 01010 10001010 100110101 1010011 10100101001 1101000101101 0100010001 1111 1111011011001 0101001101 011101100 00100011010 10111111011 1101011 101001 111111 0100010111 110010110 1111 111101 010101 1010011 1010001 001001000100 01110 01001010101001001011010 010010010010001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; we is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or 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 We Both Are Here, Again;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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