This is an analysis of the poem Taking His Place that begins with:

He's doing double duty now;
Time's silver gleams upon his brow,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaa eeeebbffgg hhaabbeegg iiebggjjdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010011 111111001 11000101 11111101 01010101 01010101 01010111 11011111 01011101 11011001 01010101 11111101 01001101 10111101 11010111 11010101 11010101 01110101 01110111 11010111 01011111 01010101 11011101 11001111 10010101 01110001 11110101 01010111 11011101 11010111 01010011 110100101 11010001 111101101 11011101 11010101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.

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