This is an analysis of the poem Two Centuries that begins with:

Two centuries' winter storms have lashed the changing sands of Falmouth's shore,
Deep-voiced, the winds, swift winged, wild, have echoed there... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXdd cXee ffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11001011101010101 110111111010101 11011101110100101 0101110111110101 111111111111001110 10011101111101100 11010111010110101 01001110110110001 01011110110111111 1101010101110010 010100111100010111 10110110111111101 10110111101011101 100110101011100101 1001101111011011111 101011010011111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 80 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Two Centuries;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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