This is an analysis of the poem Melody To A Scene Of Former Times that begins with:
Art thou indeed forever gone,
Forever, ever, lost to me?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaacdcadeccefbbfgbddaggaahhiibbchhcccabaXggf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 47,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 01010101 10110101 11110111 111101010 010001010 11000101 11110111 11010011 01010101 1111101 110010101 110111111 11010101 11010101 01101100 11110100 11010111 11010100 11000111 110010101 11110101 11110111 11110101 11111111 01110101 11110001 10010111 11110101 11111101 11011101 01110111 01111111 110101111 11011101 01110001 110001001 11010101 010010101 11010111 11010111 01111001 11111101 11110101 11100101 0111000101 010100100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1613
- Average number of words per stanza: 303
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, thine are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, i are repeated.
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