This is an analysis of the poem From A Time Gone By that begins with:
Is this surge worse than Viet Nam?
At least back in 1968, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbca cdbXedfXghXg ihghbbXfb ffhgjef hcefffeh gXg igXXgb XXjehcehhh XXbh bebXhbcbge
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,9,7,8,3,6,10,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00111011 11101 11011010101 11001010111 1101001010 10111001 11001010 11101010011 10001010 111010 11101 11001001 11110 11101 010011 1110100 011111 0111 111101 01011011 01111001 10101 11111 11010110 01110101111 110111 00111010011 11110 1110100 01101 101010 110001 11011011 01110110101 11110001111 11110 1100101010 110101010101 11101 011110001 1010111 10101100010101 1011110101 11100101 001000110101 101001 111111 1111110 0011 1010101001 11010001 101010 10100 111101110010 00111110110 011111 1111010100 1101011101 01100101 1011 1010101 110101 10010101010 10000100 0111010100001 11111010 111 111111100111 11100110101 1101 11110111 1101010100 100100100101 01110100101 110100001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and, to, i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of From A Time Gone By;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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