This is an analysis of the poem Change And Death that begins with:
We build but for change and for death,
To whom a like homage pay glory and shame; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXXcXcXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111111 01011011011 11011011001 111101111100 1001101001 01001111 110001001001 101001011011 0110100101000 10101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 447
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, and, to, of are repeated.
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