This is an analysis of the poem Prescience that begins with:

The new moon hung in the sky, the sun was low in the west,
And my betrothed and I in the churchyard paused to rest--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba ccbc ddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110010111001 11100110011101 10101101001110 01110111010001 110011110100101 0010011011010101 101011010010110 1011011010111 100101111101 101010110101011 10010101001010 11001010101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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