This is an analysis of the poem Ione that begins with:

I.
AH, yes, 't is sweet still to remember,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbccdeedbfbffffffdcdccfXdfXgbggcaaXhfhfficciececcjkkjccccclaalhfhffgbbgmnmnnkookbaXaadllhXbabaagppgmkmkkdccdhchccmddmmdmddXnnnXaXaapaapncnccmahmXdpdppceecbabaadqqdpdpddnnnndcdcXafXaXcdccdkkhbcbccfnnfhdhddpddpbdbdderreXgfggfnnfspsppbaabfkfkkgoogbXbkklffl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 264,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1110110010 110110001 111111110 11010111 11110101 00010101 11110101 010100101 01011101 1100101010 01111101 011111110 01010111 11111111 11110011 11110101 11111101 11110100 111100010 11111101 010101010 11111011 11011101 111111001 1100111010 110111010 11010101 101101100 11111101 100101010 11110111 01011111 10110001 11000101 11101111 101101110 011111110 01011101 111101110 11010101 11010111 11111101 11011101 11111011 01010101 111111110 11110101 111111010 11010001 1110101 10110101 11010101 11111111 11111101 010111110 11000101 110111110 10110111 0011001101 11111101 11100011 10111101 11010101 010111010 01011101 011101110 11011101 11011111 011100101 101001010 010101010 1111001 010111110 11111101 110101110 11011101 01011101 11010101 110001011 01110101 01111101 0101001010 11010101 0110010100 11010101 11010101 010001101 01111101 11011111 0100101010 1 1001001010 11110001 111101010 111101011 01010101 01011101 01110101 11010101 11011101 110101110 01010111 110001110 011110101 11110111 110101001 01011101 11010101 11111111 1101010010 100111111 110101010 11010101 11110111 01110101 11000101 11010111 11000101 111111010 11110111 110100010 11110101 110010111 1100010100 11110111 11110011 11111111 011101110 11110101 0111010110 11110101 11010111 11100101 11110101 11010111 01110001 1110001010 11010011 010100010 11010101 11010001 11011101 11010011 11110100 01010111 1 011111110 11110101 110101010 01100101 11011111 11010101 10111011 10011101 11111101 111101010 11111101 110111010 01011101 010010001 11110111 01110101 10010101 110010011 010101011 110100001 1101010101 01010101 01010101 11111101 11110101 11011111 01100101 111111010 11011101 111111110 01111111 11011110 11010101 110101001 11110100 11011101 100111100 11010101 101001110 11110101 01010011 11100101 10010011 11010111 010111010 111111110 11110111 111111010 01110101 11111101 01011111 11111101 11110111 11000101 110111010 11110111 110111010 11111111 11111111 11011111 10110111 11011101 110100111 110011010 11110101 110101010 01011111 110100111 11010101 01111101 11111101 11111101 1101111100 01110101 010101110 11111101 01010001 01011101 111101000 11100101 01111111 010111010 100001001 111111010 10110101 11111101 111101110 11010101 11011101 010100010 111111110 01111101 111111010 11110111 11111111 11111111 11111101 11011111 01011100 110111010 11111101 110111010 11110101 110100101 11110101 11010101 11110101 10110101 110111110 11111101 010100110 11110111 10110101 11011101 11110001 11110101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 9449
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1818
  • Amount of lines: 264
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, of, her, and, like, we, told, all, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, of, and, i, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Ione;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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