This is an analysis of the poem Constancy In Change that begins with:
COULD this early bliss but rest
Constant for one single hour!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba bc dc d e ae af Xf X a eX eg hg h i ji ji di d d fd faXaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 10111010 11010101 101001010 1010111 1001101 1010101 1010101 1001101 0110101 1010101 1010101 0110101 11101101 1011101 10111110 1101111 1110101 1110011 1010101 1110101 1010101 1011101 10010101 1011111 1010100 1010101 1111100 1110111 1011101 1010101 1010101 0100101 0010100 1010101 1011101 1010011 1010111 1010101 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words soon, thank are repeated.
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