This is an analysis of the poem Old Age that begins with:
The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er;
So calm are we when passions are no more. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXX bbccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01110101110 1111110111 1111110101 0101110001 1001001101 0111001110 0111010101 1011111111 1011010101 1111010101 1001111111 1101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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.
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