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

Time, thou supreme inexorable Judge,
Whom none can bribe, and none can overawe,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdXdXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110001 1111111100 1101010101 1010010001 0111000101 0101010101 0101011101 1111010111 0100011101 1110111100 00010010111 1101010100 10111000111 0101100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 548
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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