This is an analysis of the poem An Empathy For Fools that begins with:
These days are moving along too fast,
For anyone to begrudge......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABA cdXefa ABAfcec XdX X gX ee gaXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,7,3,1,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111100111 1100001 01011011011 101001010001 11011111 10110100 011110 01001001101 01010010101 111100111 1100001 01011011011 1101110100010 11001011111001 11100101 0010111101011 111110101 1111001 110100100101 111111100101001 110000101 101111011001 11100010 11101010110011 111 11101010 1111 1110 1111011010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, been are repeated.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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