This is an analysis of the poem What Had Been Frivolous Priorities that begins with:

Times and people change.
Even those who have passed judgement on others....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaaabXbXXXaaXXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 10111110110 10101001110111 111010101 11010101 0100100111 1110111 0100111111 00010101 1010101110 001111 1111110101 11001110 10110100111 1110100010011 10111001000010 111010011 10101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 702
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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