This is an analysis of the poem The Philanderer that begins with:

Oh, have you forgotten those afternoons
With riot of roses and amber skies,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc bdbdeeee fXfXdcdc eXeddfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110101101 0100101101 11100100101 111111001011 111111001011 11101110001 1110010101 101111001011 1110101111 011010101 11100111101 10100101101 1111111101 1101100101 1111101101 0110110101 101100101 1111101111 11111110100 1111100100 1010011111 1011011111 110111101 11110100111 1101100101 1100101100 111010101 011101111 0100101101 0111001001 1011111111 110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, oh are repeated.

    The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Philanderer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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