This is an analysis of the poem Bemoaning The Passing Of Time that begins with:

The only thing luck does not provide,
Is a discipline to one who sits wishing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010111101 00100011110 101010101010 0011001101011 111101110111 1101101001001 10111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Bemoaning The Passing Of Time;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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