This is an analysis of the poem Less Time that begins with:
Less time than it takes to say it, less tears than it takes to die; I've taken account of everything,
there you have it. I've made a census of the...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXbbXaXXXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 111010101110101110010101 111011010001111100111011 101010011000111101000101 1100010101010111110110101011 0110101011010010111110000100 11001010111111011011110 1000010000111100101011001101 110101101110101011110110 101110111111111111111 1010111111010100100110 111010101101101111000101 11110111110101110010010 111101001011110001011101 10100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1271
- Average number of words per stanza: 244
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 90 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 17
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it, i've, of, i, you, turn, back are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase madam connects the lines.
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