This is an analysis of the poem Was There A Time that begins with:

Was there a time when dancers with their fiddles
In children's circuses could stay their troubles?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11011100110 01010011110 1101111101 1111010111 10010011101 1101010001 1001011111 1101110101 10001101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • 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; time, their are repeated.

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