This is an analysis of the poem The Recall that begins with:

The night was dark when she went away, and the slept.
The night is dark now, and I call for her, "Come back, my...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdebaXdXecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 011111101101 01011111101011 100100111111011 101011110110 110110100110011 1 101010111111011 1001010110100101 10111111010110110 1110111011110 1 110011011101110 110101001011011 0110110100110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 792
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in are repeated.

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

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

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