This is an analysis of the poem Sedate And Archaic, A Twilight-Frilled Haze that begins with:

Sedate and archaic, a twilight-frilled haze
Walks over the meadows like rolled-out centuries...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXcbcXcXXabXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010011101 110011111100 10001010 111110 110010010 1100010 1110001100100 11001010011 11011110 010101 1100110100 01011001 1111010 10000010101 011100101 11001011101 1010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 623
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word trees is repeated.

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  • summary of Sedate And Archaic, A Twilight-Frilled Haze;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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