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

Time, Time, who choosest
All in the end well;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbba cdceed fgfeegXeaeffa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 10011 1010100 1001101 1101101 101001 110110 10011 101010 11111 1101001 1001001 11111 11111 11111 11111 11111 11111 1001011 111001 1111101 11111 11111 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; our, thee are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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  • summary of To Time;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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