This is an analysis of the poem Needing Only The Benefits Of Time that begins with:
That which is accustomed to nourishing,
And doing this on its own......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDE ABCDE ffbfb bXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1100100100 1100101 0010011 01010100010 01110100001 1100100100 1100101 0010011 01010100010 01110100001 011010 11010010000 01011011 0010000100 0101001001001010 1010001001 1010010 10100010101010 1010010001 01110001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of are repeated.
The author used the same word that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word growth at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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