This is an analysis of the poem Sic Vita that begins with:
Like to the falling of a star,
Or as the flights of eagles are, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010001 11010101 11011101 11010101 11011101 11011101 101011111 01101101 01110101 001010101 01110101 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 441
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, the are repeated.
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