This is an analysis of the poem Time that begins with:

Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years,
Ocean of Time, whose waters of deep woe... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXccXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100011110 1001110011 1100010101 11001101111 1001000100 1101110111 1001110001001 10001110001 111111 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Time;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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