This is an analysis of the poem My Old Lover that begins with:
I've yet not recovered...
From you, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCbABC AX DC BBCEFC AC Dc aaccc ABCbABC BBCEFC BBCEFC ABCbABC CXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,2,2,6,2,2,5,7,6,6,7,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 01 1110 1 111010 01 1110 11111111 11010 11010111 10010 111111 111011 1010 110 11 1110 11111111 10010 11010111 001010 111111 111101 010 0010 11101110 111010 01 1110 1 111010 01 1110 111111 111011 1010 110 11 1110 111111 111011 1010 110 11 1110 111010 01 1110 1 111010 01 1110 1110 1110
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 76
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The author used the same words i, although, my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lover is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word lover at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of My Old Lover;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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