This is an analysis of the poem Postlude that begins with:
Now that I have cooled to you
Let there be gold of tarnished masonry, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdecX XaddfX faeXdcXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 1101010100 101101010 11100 1111010 1011011 111100 1101101 110110 11101 11110 0101 101101 10011 111011 1111011 111001 0110 110111 01101010 101110 101011 110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Postlude;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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