This is an analysis of the poem To Relive A Past That Delights that begins with:

With a sweetened presentation,
And the use of dimmed colorized lights....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00101010 101011011 10100011010001 0100101101 1111110001 1111110 101100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of To Relive A Past That Delights;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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