This is an analysis of the poem All My Past Life... that begins with:

All my past life is mine no more,
The flying hours are gone,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXab cbccb Xdeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11110111 0101011 1101011010 11001101 110001 11000101 110101 00110111 11111001 100101 11100100 111101 1110010 01101101 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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