This is an analysis of the poem Up-To-Date that begins with:
With a leaving those far behind,
Who can not relate......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBDEFGHC HGBGCAgCAgCAg BagCAgCAg BBBBBBB BABCBDEFGHC HGBGCAgCAgCAg BBBBBBBXBBBBBBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,13,9,7,11,13,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00101101 11101 0111111 111101 001 1101011 001 1001001 0101101 101 1011101 011 1011 1100110001 1101 11101111 1 1101 11101111 1 1101 11101111 1 101 0010101 101 1101 11101111 1 1101 11101111 1 101 10 101 10 101 10 101 101 00101101 11101 0111111 111101 001 1101011 001 1001001 0101101 101 1011101 011 1011 1100110001 1101 11101111 1 1101 11101111 1 1101 11101111 1 101 10 101 10 101 10 101 101 10 101 10 101 10 101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; up, to, date are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word up is repeated.
The author used the same word up at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Up-To-Date;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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