This is an analysis of the poem Midnight Fast Approaches that begins with:
You may want to avoid those twilight years,
To gain any lingering compliments that may come....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXaXXaXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1110011110 0110100100111 11010 0110101001100001 111010 10110111 11111011 11111010 100101010101 01001001111 011 10 11110010 111110011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 479
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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