This is an analysis of the poem At A Certain Age that begins with:

We wanted to confess our sins but there were no takers.
White clouds refused to accept them, and the wind...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXacXXdXXcXdXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111110110 11010010101 11101001101 10101010000100 11010010110 0111101011001 010100101 011010111 1010011010110 1100101011010 01001010011010 010001011100 100110100111 1110101110110 1100111101 1100111 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 752
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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