This is an analysis of the poem There Was A Time-And That Is All We Know! that begins with:
THERE WAS A TIME-and that is all we know!
No record lives of their ensanguined deeds:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdbdbee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101110111 10110110001 0111001101 1101011101 0101000101 0111010101 1100100101 11001010101 0110000111 1011000101 0101010111 1011010101 01010001001 101111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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