This is an analysis of the poem The Renewal that begins with:
I knew her, when my youthful time
Beyond the verge of manhood stood;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdXdebeb afafcBCBcgcghihi jkjkbhbXlclceeeeXcBCB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,16,21,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 01010111 111001001 01010101 110101001 01010101 11010100 11001101 11001101 11011101 01010001 11010101 11111101 01011101 01001111 11010101 11011101 11010101 01110101 11110101 10111101 11011101 11110111 01010111 11111011 11110111 11100001 11010101 10010111 110101001 11010110 110010111 10011101 011101001 10011101 1111001000 11111101 01110101 01010101 01010101 10010111 11010101 010101001 01010101 11111101 11010101 01110101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 415
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Renewal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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