This is an analysis of the poem The Computation that begins with:
For the first twenty years since yesterday
I scarce believed thou couldst be gone away;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbccccaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011001101 1101110101 1101111101 11011111111 1111011111 0101010111 11011101101 1001010111 1110111111 11101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Computation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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