This is an analysis of the poem Time Is A Fading-Flowre, That's Found that begins with:

Five Termes, there be, which five I doe apply
To all, that was, and is, and shall be done.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXbXcdcdXXXXededafbfXbbbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010111101 0111101101 011101100 1101111110 0100011001 1101011000 110110011 11100101110 11010101110 100101010010 01010001010 110100001010 10010111011 11110101100 0101010011 11011101000 0111010101 11011011010 0101010111 10010101110 010011010110 0100011111 01010101010 1111010101 11010101100 1001010101 010110001 01111101001 11010101010 11010111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 226
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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 to is repeated.

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  • summary of Time Is A Fading-Flowre, That's Found;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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