This is an analysis of the poem Come Back To St Andrews that begins with:

Come back to St. Andrews! Before you went away
You said you would be wretched where you could not see the Bay,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaA bbaa cccc bbaa ddbb aaccXaaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110111011101 11110101111101 01110111010001 11011111111 101001111010101 101110101110111 11101111111101 101010100110111 11010111110101 1101010110101 11101011011101 1001110101010101 11011101011101 111100101010101 10101010110111 111110101010101 01011101110101 001010110010101 11101011111101 101010101010101 11110101111100 11111011111101 10101011010111 11111111010101 01010101011101 101000110010101 101010101111101 11011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, st, andrews, and, i, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Come Back To St Andrews;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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