This is an analysis of the poem The Four Ages Of The World that begins with:
The goblet is sparkling with purpled-tinged wine,
Bright glistens the eye of each guest,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc cdcdee fdfdgX heheii jjjjee ibiXee akakee kbkbll eXeabb gbgbee aXaeggXebebbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010010001011 11001011 10001101001 000111101 110010001001 11101001001 101101011011 11001101 111111011011 11101011 11001101001 11001111001 11001001011 11111011 01101001001 101101101 11011011011 110010010100 11001001001 101011001 01001101001 11101101 11101011011 01011001001 001001001111 11001011 01001111101 01001111 11001001111 101111101001 10011001001 11101001 11001001011 111111100 11111001011 11101001001 11011101001 01011101 11010011001 101101001 111001010011 11001001101 11001011001 11001001 01001001011 11001101 01101011001 11001011001 01011001001 1110010100 101001001001 101011001 01001001001 11111001001 11101001101 01011101 01101101001 101011101 101101111011 11011011011 11001001011 010010100 11111011001 01011001 01101111001 101011101111 11001011101 11011011 11111001101 01001011 11101001001 01001101111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Four Ages Of The World;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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