This is an analysis of the poem The Age Of Ink that begins with:

Swiftly the changes come. Each day
Sees some lost beauty blown away...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccc ddcceeaa ffggffff cchhbbiX ddiiaaeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 11110101 11110101 10010101 01011111 11010101 01111101 10111111 11001101 10011101 10010101 11010111 110101001 11111101 11011101 01011101 11010101 11010101 01110111 11101101 10110011 11010101 01110111 11110101 11011111 11010111 11010101 11111101 11110101 11000100 11111111 011100101 11011111 01010110 11010101 01010101 11001111 111110111 11011111 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • 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; had, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, what are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Age Of Ink;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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