This is an analysis of the poem Mates that begins with:
It boots not to retrace the path
To ages dim and hoar,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccbaa dedXffeff ghghffhii ehehjjhkk fdfdhhdhh ehehkkhdd ldlXhhdhh khkhggXeececeiiecc khkhbbhii mcmcffcdd fifinbiXnXheheffedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,18,9,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01100101 010111 11100101 110101 11010111 10010101 111111 11110111 11010101 01110101 110101 11011001 110110 11111111 11010011 110011 01111111 01010101 01010101 110001 11010101 001101 01010101 11111111 110101 11010111 11010111 01111111 111101 01110101 111101 11010001 10111101 1010001 11011101 100101001 10110001 111111 10101011 100101 10110101 10111111 110101 11010101 01010101 110110101 011101 11111111 110101 11110001 11010011 111101 01010111 11100101 11110101 110111 11000111 111101 11010001 11010111 011111 10110111 011100101 10010011 1111011 10010101 110101 01011111 111101001 0101010 11110101 110100111 10010101 111001 01000101 101111 11010101 0110001 110110 01100111 11010011 10000101 110111 11000111 110111 01010111 11010101 1100011 0101101 10110111 010101001 110101 11010101 011111 11110111 01011111 010111 11111111 11010111 011100101 110111 01110011 101001 010101010 01111101 100101 01010101 01011110 11110111 011101 01010101 100101 01010101 11110111 110101 11010111 00110100
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 117
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, what, of, as, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, the, his are repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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