This is an analysis of the poem Then And Now that begins with:

Beneath her window in the fragrant night
I half forget how truant years have flown...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbacaccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101000101 1101110011 1111010101 1101010111 01010010101 1100010101 10110101001 1101010101 1111010101 1101100101 01001010001 1111111101 1101010110 0111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 609
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Then And Now;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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