This is an analysis of the poem By The Fireside : The Builders that begins with:

All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls of Time;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede dfdf agag hfhf abab gigi fjfj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1001101 1010111 1010001 1010011 1100101 1111101 1010101 1010111 10001001 1011101 1010111 1011101 1110101 1101111 1100101 0010101 1010101 1011011 1011101 1111111 1001101 1011111 10001011 1111001 1001101 1011101 1011101 1011111 0011101 1010101 1010101 1011101 0110101 1011111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.

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