This is an analysis of the poem The Crown Of Life that begins with:

THE days, the doubts, the dreams of pain
Are over, not to come again, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbB ccddbB eebbbB eeaabB ffggbB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11010101 10010001 11011001 11010111 110011101 01010111 01010111 01011101 10010011 01011111 11011101 11011101 11011101 11110101 11110101 11010101 110011101 11011100 010011111 110001101 11111101 01010011 11011101 11111101 11010100 110101010 111111110 11101101 110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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