This is an analysis of the poem The Proverbs Of Confucius that begins with:

Threefold is the march of time
While the future slow advances,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba acacbXddeeff X ghhbb hhccffgbXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,12,1,5,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 10101010 10100110 1010101 101010111 1010101 10111011 0110101 10111010 101010010 11101010 10101110 0011101 1010111 1110111 1010111 1 1100101 10101010 11000110 1010101 1001101 11101110 11101110 1011100 1101101 1110101 1110101 1110101 1111100 1110101 1110111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, one are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word naught is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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