This is an analysis of the poem Relying One The Passing Of Time that begins with:

Encounters never before faced,
To surprise those unexpectedly......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaaX X dXdef X dgbdh eX gdde idaXX ie cgdaX dXdXed X g eghfXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,5,1,5,2,4,5,2,5,6,1,1,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010011 001110100 00110101001 1010 01110110001 010011011 100110111 10111001100 11100010 1011101 11101001010 11001111011 11010111011 111 1101000010 111000111001 101111000100 11111101 10010110001 11001 01011010011 1 1101001001 01101 0111110000010 1111 1101001101010 010101101 1011000 11000100101 0010101001 0011010 11100101 110011 1001010001 101101 01001011 111101 1010010110 010110010111110 11100101011 11110010 1101110 111111101011 1 1001100010 011 111 1101100101 1010101 101010 01010111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of Relying One The Passing Of Time;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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