This is an analysis of the poem A Few Short Years From Now that begins with:

Say, art thou angry? words unkind
Have fallen upon thine ear,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdceC XfXfacgC XhXhdciC hghghceC iiaiXceC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 1100111 11010101 110111 11010111 1101101 10011101 0011001 10111010 011101 01101110 110101 11111001 1010001 11010101 0011001 11011101 111101 01001101 111111 11100101 0111001 01111001 0011001 010101001 011101 01011101 100111 110101110 111101 10111100 0011001 00111111 100101 10011101 111101 01011101 1001111 10010101 0011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet repeated the same word now at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Few Short Years From Now;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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