This is an analysis of the poem We Promised There Would Be A Return that begins with:
Why the somber and solem looks?
The dark suits? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb b c XXXX da XXcX ced eXX ffd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,1,4,2,4,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101101 011 1011 10001010 1110100010110 001100100010 1101001011001 1100100 100010 1100100011010 1110 0011110 11 1110011010 110110001 11110 11101111001 01 11010110 101010 10 1010010011101001 1 1 10
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 76
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of We Promised There Would Be A Return;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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