This is an analysis of the poem The Past that begins with:
The debt is paid,
The verdict said,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaabXccddbXbeeXdXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 0101 0101 0101 1101 1011101 1011000 11011101 110011100 1010111 1011101 10010001 1011000 110101 111101 11000101 10110111 01110111 01011101 11110101 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, nor, no are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Past;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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