This is an analysis of the poem A Grey Mood that begins with:
As we hurry away to the end, my friend,
Of this sad little farce called existence, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcbcded dfXfXgXg hfXfXXdXXefefhdAd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100100111 0011011010 11110100111 110010010 1111110111 11011110 11100100111 011001010 11101101011 101110110 101011100111 011001010 1101101111 101001010 1111110101 01011010 1110111101 0111010 1111110111 11110110 11010111101 111111111 1110110101 010010010 0100100111 11101010 1010011100 01010110 0010011111 111010110 11100100111 101101110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, or, i, would, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
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