This is an analysis of the poem To C.C.C. that begins with:

Oh for the nights when we used to sit
In the firelight's glow or flicker,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efXf ebeb adad fgfg hXhd ijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 001001110 0011111111 10111010 1110000111 11111010 111111101 0010010010 11011101 11111010 10010101 110110010 1101111001 010011010 010101101 001010010 1010110101 111101010 10100111111 1100100100 111111001 11011010 11111101001 01011010 1111100111 01110010 1011110101 11010010 111000101 101101010 0110111101 101011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of To C.C.C.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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