This is an analysis of the poem The Playground Of Life Xix that begins with:

One hour devoted to the pursuit of Beauty
And Love is worth a full century of glory ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaX bcd eXcc dbX fgc hX ffc dbgiiXgb hXX eddddfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,3,3,2,3,8,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100100001010 110101100010 1010101001 01101111 1011001101 010100101 0110011101 010011111001 01001010101 110100100010 110101010001 010011100101 10101010010 110101001010 11110010100 10010100101 11010100001011 1000110100111 11001001010100 10010000101010 10010111010 0011101010 101110101 0101010101 10110001011 1100010001 1100011110 110010100100 110100011000 111000010101 1101010100 1010 001 01101110 010101100 101010 110111 0101111010 10010101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; of, hour, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

    The author used the same word that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Playground Of Life Xix;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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