This is an analysis of the poem Eternity that begins with:
--- The year has run
Its round of seasons, has fulfilled its course,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcdaeXdbXXXXaXXcfafaeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111 0101010101 01010100101 10110101001 1111110110 01010001101 1111010101 01110100101 1111011001 110001010011 1111010111 100010111110 1111011100 11110011101 1110111110 010101111110 1010111111 011000101001 1101011101 1101010101 1101010101 1111010101 11010010111 1101010111 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1091
- Average number of words per stanza: 186
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; its, and, which are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Eternity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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