This is an analysis of the poem Still To Show An Afterglow that begins with:
Through the meadow swift.
With picked twigs and fresh selected sticks......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbcdXbXedebcXdaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 011110101 11 101 1011111 1 11011111 1101100101 110101 111101 0010110 10010 00100110 1110 1001 011100 1101 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 457
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Still To Show An Afterglow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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