This is an analysis of the poem The Golden Age that begins with:

WHEN the morning breaks above us
And the wild sweet stars have fled, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gdgX caca gfgf dhdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011 1011111 10101111 10011101 1011101 1011101 0010001 1010111 1010111 1011001 1010101 1001101 1111111 0011101 1110111 10110101 1010101 1010101 1110111 1011001 1110101 01100111 1010101 1011100 1010101 1111101 1110101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; is repeated.

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  • summary of The Golden Age;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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