This is an analysis of the poem 148. To Miss Logan, With Beattie's Poems that begins with:

AGAIN the silent wheels of time
Their annual round have driven,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 11001110 11110101 1111010 111101001 010101 111111001 010101 11011101 010111 11111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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 148. To Miss Logan, With Beattie's Poems;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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