This is an analysis of the poem The Whirligig Of Time that begins with:

Before your feet,
My love, my sweet,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ccdbbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 1111 011111 1001 0101 110101 1011 0111 111101 1110 0111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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