This is an analysis of the poem The Sentamentalist that begins with:
If after years, if years find us together,
How we shall tell each other the old tale...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000011010 1111110011 00111101010 1110001111 0100111111 1111011111 1111111101 1111100101 10010011010 1111100101 11010111110 0111010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, and, meet are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sentamentalist;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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