This is an analysis of the poem Tributes Must Be Paid From Time To Time that begins with:

Tributes must be paid from time to time;
Half the yield should be given to me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcXdXXebadXcXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 101101001 010101101010 10110001010 101101010 100110110 10101010 100111010 011100100 0101010101 11011101 0101111 111111 11101000100 111101101 101110 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 594
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; be, and are repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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