This is an analysis of the poem The Triumph Of Time that begins with:
Before our lives divide for ever,
While time is with us and hands are free, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbbab aXaXccac dcdcdddc dcdcccdc ebebffeb gcgcddgc gcgcgggc hchceehc gegebbge cbcbiicb fhfhXefh jgjgggjg dkdaddda ldldiild bdbdaabd memehhmn dgdgiidg cgcgoocg cicXccci obobiiob okoaneok gcgcffgc gbgbhhgb okokbbok dgdgbbdg neneddne gcgcddXc pepekkaX cbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011101110 110011111 1101011010 101111101 1011110111 111111001 1011010110 1011000110 00101001110 010111110 0101110010 011110110 110101101 1111011001 1011101010 1011100101 00110101011 100101001 0101001101 101100101 001101001011 010100111 1011100111 0101001001 11101101101 1101111001 11101101101 011100111 0111011110 11111101010 1101011001 110101111 0010000101 00101100100 1101101001 1001101001 1111110101 100100101 1100111001 111111111 1111011111 1011100111 10110101 10110101 110001111 10110011 1111111111 1010011110 1111111101 111101111 1111111101 10100101111 1111101101 1110111011 011101111 011101101 011100101 1111001001 1011011101 1101001101 1101001110 0111001110 101110111 1001001001 100111101 1001001110 010100101 111101110 111101011 1001101001 111101111 11110110010 01110001001 11111101001 10101101101 100111011 111111101 1001011011 1111111111 111111111 001110111 1010100101 110100111 1100101111 111100111 1111001101 100101001 010100101 1011111111 1111110111 1111111101 100111101 101101111 10100111001 111100101 111011111111 111101101 111101101 11101101101 01111101010 11111111001 100111011 110100101 1111001110 011011111111 0110111111 1011100111 011100101 110111001 1011100111 1100110101 001011111 1110101001 1101001101 11100101 100111001 1001001010 0100111010 10111101001 110111001 111101111 1001001101 1101011011 111101011 1101011101 1011011011 0110100111 100101101 111100101 1110101111 01101100111 0111110111 111010111 01111001011 0111110111 111101101 1111111111 0111111111 111110101 111000101 111111111 111110111 111111111101 011110111 1110101111 100111001 100111001 111101100 111111011 110111001 111101101 111101111 1111101101 1111101101 111100111 110110111 1010110101 1111101111 111101111 111101101 111011001111 111011111 100111010011 01101100110 011111011011 111110110 11011101101 010111101 1111101111 111010101 1111100111 00111001001 1111111111 1011101101 111101111 111101101 111100101 10101111101 111111111 111001001 1110110101 1011111001 01111101 111110111 101100101 100110111 1111111101 1011001101 101111111 110101101 1111001111 0101101111 111111111 1111111001 11101111001 1110100111 111100111 110111001 10111001101 1110100011 110100111 1001001000 11100110101 111100101 1110110101 0111011001 101100101 111101111 11101110111 111100111 1011011111 1111101001 111110111 111110101 011101110 111100101 11101101111 1111001001 110111111 011110101 111010101 10101111 11110100 011100111 10111000110 011110111 0001101010 1110101111 1001101111 11111001011 1111011010 101110111 1111111111 1110101101 11110011011 11101111100 111101111 110101101 101001010111 1010111101 11111100111 0110111111 11111111111 101100111 011111111 0101011001 011111111 010101111 11101011110 1111111111 11111011010 1011110111 10101111010 10101001010 111011011110 0100110101 1011001110 101100101 10110011110 1001011001 100100101 111100111 1011010110 111111101 111101001 1111001101 111101111 110101111 111110111 111101101 111100101 1011001011 1111100101 110111001 1101101011 11101100101 1111010010 110100111 101001001001 0101010111 010100111 0011110101 1011111011 0110101111 100111011 100111001 0100101111 01001001001 110100101 11101100111 11101111001 1110111111 110011101 11101111011 1111111111 101011111001 1101010110 111101111 0111101110 1111001101 11111111011 1111111001 1101111010 0011100111 11101111011 111111110 11111001101 110101001 1111100111 010101000 111100101 1101000111 111100111 111101101 111110110 1100011001 1001011110 1111000010 1111011101 011101101 110100101 10100100111 0010111011 111101111 110110111 1010101111 111101111 111101111 110110111 1111011011 1010101101 1100100111 011110111 110111111 1111001101 111110111 110010001 110110101 011010011 111110111 111111011 1011100101 111111011 111011001 110100111 111101111 101110101 111110111 1101000101 111100101 1011011111 111101101 11100101010 1111110111 1010111110 1010011111 11110101110 101001010 00111000101100 1111101111 0101110010 0101100111 0111101110 010101111 111101111 110100101 11110110010 111101111 1001001011 1111111011 111111101 100111001 101100111 110000111 111100111 011100101 1111111110 10101101 0100110010 110111101 1011111011 111101001011 010111010010 011100111 111110111110 111110011 0111001110 011110111 111110101 1111101111 110111111010 01101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 49
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 392
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, in, of, love, as, mother, for, your, you, or, out, have, to, lose, mine, nor, all, had, change, me, that, her, with, thou, art, his, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, this, in, had, the, mother, and, to, out, nor, will, far, sleep, thy, a, thou, once, give, for, these are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases mine, death, free, mother, sea connect the lines.
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- summary of The Triumph Of Time;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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