This is an analysis of the poem A Touching Ceremony that begins with:

On a golden autumn morning,
Just fifty years ago,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacdc Xedeafgf XbXbXhXh Xgigafdf jbcbcjiX gfafXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 110001 1101110 00100101 0101110 1010101 00101010 0010101 0100110 0101001 0101010 110101 10001110 1101001 0111110 011101 1101011 110111 101111000 110101 10101011 1011111 10101110 0111101 10001110 1111101 00111010 1011101 10101010 1010101 00101010 0010101 10111010 1010111 10101110 1010001 11111011 1010101 11101010 10101000 10101110 1010001 11101010 1011101 10100110 0110111 10110010 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Touching Ceremony;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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