This is an analysis of the poem After-Sensations that begins with:

WHEN the vine again is blowing,
Then the wine moves in the cask; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba c a ba c d bdXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1011001 10101010 10011101 11111110 0111111 11101010 1011101 11111010 1010111 10101010 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 43
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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; my is repeated.

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  • summary of After-Sensations;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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