This is an analysis of the poem From Generation To Generation that begins with:
They destroyed themselves,
From jealousy....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABA aXac dcXc XcaeXABAde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 0100 11011000011 0101010100 11010111 0010001 1110101 100011010 10101 111 1111 0101101 1101010111 11001110 00100011101101 10101 0100 11011000011 0101001010 101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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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