This is an analysis of the poem Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 that begins with:
To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXXXXcXXXbXXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100110010 10101001010010 010010101 010110101111010 010110101 01011101011 010110101 010110101 01010111010101010 010011010010010 010110101 01011010101 010110101 01011010101 010110101 010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 684
- Average number of words per stanza: 157
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, time, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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