This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of Impossibilities that begins with:
LADY, I loved you all last year,
How honestly and well -- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdedfffF ddddcgcggfgF cdcdheheifiF XjXjklklmfmF XninXbkbkfkF mdmdlililflF fcfckhkhcfXF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10111111 110011 01110101 110101 11010111 110101 01001100 110011 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 11010111 110101 11010101 110101 10111111 011111 11011101 111101 11010101 110101 11010001 110101 11010101 010101 11000101 110101 11011101 1100010 11010101 1101010 11001100 111001 11010101 110101 1110101 111010 110011101 1101010 11010101 111101 11010001 110011 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 111101010 110101 11000101 11001 11010100 110011 11000111 110111 11010101 110001 11111101 110101 11010101 110101 11000101 110101 11010101 010001 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 110000101 110101 11110110 110110 11111101 110101 11110101 110101 11010101 010101 11110111 100101 01110101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, one, or are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Song Of Impossibilities;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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