This is an analysis of the poem Decay To Rust, Dust And Fade that begins with:
I am not here to compete with dead poets.
Or those with pseudo ambitions, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX cdXd cbXX dadX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11110010110 11010010 010100111 1010101 01011101 11110101 100111101 0011011 1010110 111110 1011001 01101 1110110 0100011001 1100100101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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