This is an analysis of the poem Ode To A Demoted Flow that begins with:

Energy I once had I thought to be everlasting,
Has slowed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccDcaXX DceXbecb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011111001010 11 1111101011 01010011101 11 1011000101 1111110001101 11011111 1111011111 001101011010 1011000101 1111001 010011011 0110101001011 0100100110001 1101001 01010010101101 111011001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Ode To A Demoted Flow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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