This is an analysis of the poem Fading Standards that begins with:
Preferences to feast,
Decrease....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab ca de ccfdc acaaca cgXg XchaaiabbX bcbce iX ge ccXXffdXi di chXcXX Xabb gX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,5,6,4,10,5,2,2,9,2,6,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100001 01 100111 11011 11101 1010011001 1111111010 10101 00101111 0101 0101 11000100 010101110 100101001 0101 01010 1010011111 111011010 01 1000101 001001 1011101 01 111010110 010110011 1 111110111 1 111010 01111 1111 1111010101 01010101 10010110101 1111 1101001 11 101101000 11 101 1001011 11110111 11010110110 1 101001 1101 01111 1101101000 101011 110110 10101 110110 01010110 101010 11100111 01011001010011 111001 110100 11100101 101 011100 101 00101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Fading Standards;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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