This is an analysis of the poem Long Long Ago that begins with:

Long long ago I went through the castle of leaves
Yellowing slowly in the moss...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefaXebcefXdXaaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101001 10010001 11011001100001001 110010111010111 01011 1011110111101111101 11 11111101111011110010 1010 1011101110 11011110110101 01001101 010010110101011011 1010011010010111010001 1111 101010011000100 010001101110 001110010 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Long Long Ago;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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