This is an analysis of the poem As Time One Day By Me Did Pass that begins with:

AS Time one day by me did pass,
Through a large dusky glass ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff XXggff ffeehh iihhaa ffiicc jjccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 101101 1111001 1101001 01111101 01010101 10010111 110111 111110 011101 11111011 11111111 11110100 111101 1100111 110101 11111100 10011111 11111111 010101 111101 011101 00111101 10111111 11111111 1001011 111001 110101 11111101 10010111 11110111 011100 010111 101101 11111101 11110011 1101011 110111 111111 111101 11011111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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