This is an analysis of the poem William Forster that begins with:
The years are many since his hand
Was laid upon my head,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dcXc efef bgbg hXhd afaf eiei eaXX jjjX akak kfkf jljl aeae mgmg ejej fdfdXahah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110101 110111 11110101 0100111 11010011 011101 10110101 010101 10010101 111001 11011100 011001 10110011 010111 01010111 0100111 01010101 010101 10010001 010011 010100101 010101 110001001 010101 11011001 110001 01010001 011001 01110101 110101 11010111 011101 11011101 010111 01010100 0101100 11110101 010001 11011101 0101100 11010101 110101 110010110 110101 11010101 111101 110100101 110101 111101101 111111 01010001 010101 11010111 111110 11111111 010111 01011110 011101 11011101 001001 11111101 010101 01011101 110101 11011111 010101 11110101 010101 10011111 111111 11010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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; to, of, in, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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