This is an analysis of the poem Years, The that begins with:
What do I owe the years, that I should bring
Green leaves to crown the king? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeefXee ggggff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111001111 110101 11010101010 1111010 11011100101 111101 1111001111 110111 0101110101 110101 1101011101 100101 1101010101 111101 1111001111 110111 0111110101 011001 1111011100 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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