This is an analysis of the poem Call Him Not Old, Whose Visionary Brain that begins with:

Call him not old, whose visionary brain
Holds o'er the past its undivided reign.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111110101 11001010101 11010100101 1101010001 0101010101 01001110011 11011100101 1011110101 1000110011 1011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 444
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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