This is an analysis of the poem One By One The Sands Are Flowing that begins with:

One by one the sands are flowing,
One by one the moments fall:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef cgcg hihiXeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 1110101 11101110 1110101 11111011 1111101 11101011 1111111 11111010 1111101 10100110 1000101 11111111 111111 10111011 1110101 1001011110 1010111 10001110 1110101 101101110 10101111 10101010 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; one is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, let are repeated.

    The author used the same word one at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of One By One The Sands Are Flowing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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