This is an analysis of the poem The Age Demanded that begins with:
The age demanded that we sing
And cut away our tongue. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa Xa bb cc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 110111 01010111 110001 01010111 11100101 100101110 010110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Age Demanded;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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