This is an analysis of the poem Eheu Fugaces -- ! that begins with:
The air is charged with amatory numbers -
Soft madrigals, and dreamy lovers' lays.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbbbcccc bdbdecec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010100010 1100110101 11111100010 01010000111 11111101010 1111110101 01010101010 1101110101 11110001010 0101010101 11011101010 1111011101 11011101010 11011010101 01111101010 1111110111 111111011101 1111011101 11011101011 1111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; old, i, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words time, had are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word then at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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