This is an analysis of the poem The Age Of Aquarius that begins with:

**Wouldn't you like to ride,
In my beautiful balloon? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaB XXacd ceeccddXff Xbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,10,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 0110001 101101 0110001 010001 1010100 001 001001011 1101010 0100100 101010101 10001 101001 111010100 1011011010 101001110 1100101010 111 0111 10001011010 1111011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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  • summary of The Age Of Aquarius;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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