This is an analysis of the poem Earth's Eternity that begins with:

Man, Earth's poor shadow! talks of Earth's decay:
But hath it nothing of eternal kin?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbbababa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111110101 1101000101 1100111101 1101010101 1101111001 10010101101 0100110111 1100010101 0101010001 1110001101 10110100101 0111110111 1111011101 1001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 584
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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