This is an analysis of the poem Re-Incarnation that begins with:

Meeting you I felt a thrill,
Strangely sad, and strangely sweet I... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 10111011 1010100 1010001 1001101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Re-Incarnation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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