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

Those twelve years from Ascension
Until the day of meeting broke,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dadaee afafgg fhXhdd cidijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010 01010101 11111101 10110101 01111011 11011001 11110101 11001101 01110111 11010101 11011101 10110100 001010101 01110101 11010101 01011101 11010101 10011101 11010101 01010111 10111111 11111101 11011010 01110001 11010111 11011111 11000111 10001111 10111101 10111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the, she are repeated.

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

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