This is an analysis of the poem When The Sequence Of The Earthly Years that begins with:

When the sequence of the earthly years is over -
The earthly structure is, at last, destroyed - ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000100010 0101001101 11110101010 1001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

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