This is an analysis of the poem Fragment: Yes! All Is Past that begins with:

Yes! all is past--swift time has fled away,
Yet its swell pauses on my sickening mind;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacad efefghghh aidXijijX hhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 10110111001 1101010101 1111011101 11001011101 1111110100 10011010101 1111010111 1100111110100 1101100111 1101010111 01010101001 1101010101 1101001001001 1001011101 11001010101 11010001001 110101111111 11010111101 11110100111 1111010100 11111111110 1111100101 1101010001 11111101001 01111101001 1111010101010 11110101001 0101011111 1111111101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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 Fragment: Yes! All Is Past;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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