This is an analysis of the poem Afterword that begins with:
What vague traditions do the golden eves,
What legends do the dawns... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX bcbc dedeXaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010101 110101 01010110101 011100 1101010101 110111 1101011101 111101 1111011101 011100 1101010101 101100 1011010001 010001 1111010100 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Afterword;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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