This is an analysis of the poem For Some We Loved that begins with:

For some we loved, the loveliest and the best
That from His vintage rolling Time hath pressed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110100101 1001010111 1101011101 1111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of For Some We Loved;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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