This is an analysis of the poem The Day That Is Dead that begins with:

Ah, Jack! Time finds us feeble men,
And all too swift our years have flown.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dada eaea afaf eXea XcXc gaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11111011 011100101 01111111 01010101 01110101 01010101 11111101 01010101 11010111 01010101 01111111 11010101 1000110011 11010101 11110101 01111111 11010111 11011111 11110101 11011101 01010101 11110101 11111111 11011101 11011101 01110101 11010111 11111111 11110111 11001101 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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.

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