This is an analysis of the poem The Years Had Worn Their Season's Belt that begins with:

The years had worn their seasons' belt,
From bud to rosy prime,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede Xfdf gaga fhfh cece iaiX jfjfXgbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111101 010101 11010111 110101 11000101 110101 11010101 110111 11111101 111101 010001001 111101 11010111 1001110 11110111 10101010 10111111 010101 11101101 010101 11110101 110111 11010101 1110101 01010111 111101 01011110 0100101 110101010 110101 010101110 111111 11010111 110001 111110101 00110101 11111111 0010011 11011111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; to is repeated.

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