This is an analysis of the poem Past And Present that begins with:

I remember, I remember
The house where I was born,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbbbcdc AdedddXd AfXfbgXgXAcececbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 011111 01010101 110011 11010111 111101 11110101 111101 10101010 010111 010010101 110101 01110101 111101 01001011 010101 10101010 111101 11011111 010101 11010101 101101 11011101 010111 10101010 011111 11011101 010101 01010100 111101 010101010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Past And Present;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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