This is an analysis of the poem Retirement that begins with:
When in the crimson cloud of Even,
The lingering light decays,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedeafaf bgbghaha iaiajkjk dbdbidid gdgdgcgc acacggb bkbkigig didielel mdmdiaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101010 0100101 110101010 0100101 10010101 010101 01010101 010101 11010011 11001001 11011101 100101 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 01111101 111001 1001100101 010111 101101010 111101 110111010 110101 11111101 1100111 111100101 110101 111011001 1101001 110101101 011101 11010101 010101 10010101 110101 110101111 110101 11000101 010111 11110101 010101 01011111 010001 11010101 010101 01010101 1101001 11110101 111101 11010111 1100101 101011101 10011101 010101 11010111 0101001 110001010 010101 11110101 110101 11010101 110101 10110101 1101001 11010101 110001 11010111 110101 110100101 110101 11110101 010101 11111101 1100101 111100111 0101001 101101010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 79
- 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; nor, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, nor, no are repeated.
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- critical appreciation.
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