This is an analysis of the poem Change Upon Change that begins with:
Five months ago the stream did flow,
The lilies bloomed within the sedge,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabacccdd aeaaeafffXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 01010101 110100011 11011001 01010101 11010111 10111111 01010011 010111001 11110111 111111 11110101 01110011 11111101 11011101 110011001 11010111 10110111 01111101 01111111 11110110 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Change Upon Change;
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