This is an analysis of the poem History that begins with:
History has to live with what was here,
clutching and close to fumbling all we had--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXaaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001010111 10110100111 0011110111 0110110100 1011010101 010010101010 0110110111010 010101110101 10110111010 010011010101 01110011111 11110100111 1101010100011 10010100010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of History;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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