This is an analysis of the poem Sarabande On Attaining The Age Of Seventy-Seven that begins with:

The harbingers are come. See, see their mark;
White is their colour; and behold my head....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX bcbc dede dddd afaf gdgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100111111 1011010111 110 1101110111 001001010001 1101001101 10110011011 111111000010 0111001101 010011111110 1011110111 0100010011 10110010111 0101011101 11000100001 0110000111 0011010001 10010010001 01001110111 0101010111 0101010111 11110111111 01000111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, my are repeated.

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  • summary of Sarabande On Attaining The Age Of Seventy-Seven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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