This is an analysis of the poem For The Old that begins with:

These are the things I pray Heaven send us still,
To blow the ashes of the years away,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011110111 0101000001 1101010111 01011111111 1111001111 1011110111 11110011111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 376
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.

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