This is an analysis of the poem To Baffle Time that begins with:

To baffle time, whose tooth has never rest,
And make the counted line, from page to page,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddcefeffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101111101 1101010101 1001010111 1100011001 0011110111 1111011111 1111110111 1101011111 1101110011 1101110101 1111110111 0110001101 1110110101 0101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 580
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of To Baffle Time;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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