This is an analysis of the poem In Tempore Senectutis that begins with:
When I am old
I will not have you look apart...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabccdA Aeaeeeea AeXeXcbdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 10111101 010001 1011 10101010 00101110 1011101 1111 1111 10111010 100111 11010 11111110 01000110 11111110 01011111 1111 01010 1011101 11101010 011011100 011110 101010111 111101 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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