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

Come again to the place
Where your presence was as a leaf that skims... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabccbbddbeffegeegXeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 1110110111 1010110110 0110101 101001 101101101001 111101001101 0101101 011011 0010010101001 111101001001 10110111 101100 1111101011 1100100101 10110101 111001 11101100101 0110101001 1100111 1100 0010100111 1110111111 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 876
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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