This is an analysis of the poem A Call From Behind that begins with:

Dear! Wilt thou remember me in thy new home?
There dost thou begin the world under...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefgccchiggbXehjdciXbbXahbfXXhXhjhjaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010111 111010110 110001100 01001010100 10101111 101111 10010001100 10110100 0010010010 001001 101011100100 11101110011 101 1101001111 101110101 01011111 11010011111 1111011 001011 1011100100100 0100111111 11110 11110111 100010 111111 10011001011 10101110001 100010110 00110111001 110010111 101100100 01111001110 101000 0010101110 01000101001 0111 11110010010 111111011 00101 1110110011 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 825
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; new, of, distance are repeated.

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