This is an analysis of the poem Afterwards that begins with:
When the Present has latched its postern behind my tremulous stay,
And the May month flaps its glad green leaves like wings,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dXdX ebeX dXdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001110100111001 10111011111 1001111100101 11011101011 000001111100101 010111001001 0101110101011 11011000101 011101010101011 1011101001001 11111111001011011 11111010111010 0110111011111101 10011101101 0011111011111 111111111100 1010111101001001 1010110100100 111011100111 110111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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