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

AFTER a spell of chill, grey weather,
(Green, O green, are the feet of Spring!)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdacXcefeghfhfffXffifiXjcjfcXcbkbkcgcgblblfjfj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101110 111101001 01001010110 011101101 100111010 110101111 111001100 11110101 1011001110 010110101 10101101 111100101 110101010 001110111 0101101110 11100100 111011110 011100111 111001010 10101101 0101001010 0111001010 1101011010 1111101110 1111011110 110101101 110111110 010110101 0110111110 110101101 1100101110 10101111 1101111010 110111101 1111011110 111100101 1111011110 011100111 1101001010 1011101101 1111001110 111111101 11101111110 1110100111 0111001010 011110111 10101001110 010110101 0101101110 0111011101 1111101010 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 404
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, their, that, they are repeated.

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

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

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