This is an analysis of the poem Sic Transit . . . that begins with:
Bundy and son
In days that are done...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbb cXcddd Xccddd eeefXfXgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 01111 101101101 1011 1111 1011001111 1011 11000 11001011101 11001 11011 01101011011 100 11001 010110101001 1111 1111 1001101001 1001 1111 1001001011 110010 1010010 111011111101 001011 01011 1010011001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of Sic Transit . . .;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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