This is an analysis of the poem On An Old Muff that begins with:

TIME has a magic wand!
What is this meets my hand, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccbdXdefXfXaaaghhhXiiiejjjeaaakcccXlllefffeaaXkfffkmmmiddXiiiinooongggiaaai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 80,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 100111 110101 1001 101111 100101 110101 1001 001101 11010 100101 10110 100101 101101 110101 10110 101101 111101 100101 1001 101101 110101 101101 10010 110101 100111 100101 10010 111101 100101 111101 10010 100101 100101 110100 10111 110111 100101 111101 10011 110101 101111 110100 11010 110101 100101 110101 11010 110101 100101 101110 10110 101101 100101 101101 10110 011101 101101 111001 01010 110101 111101 111110 11010 100101 111111 100101 10011 100111 101101 110101 10111 011101 100101 110110 11010 110101 101101 111111 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2073
  • Average number of words per stanza: 359
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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