This is an analysis of the poem Even-Song that begins with:

IT may be, yes, it must be, Time that brings
An end to mortal things,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeeffXg DdffaaccbbccbbDd hhaaiiiicchhjjXX hhffkkllbbcciidd mmmmbbccmmaaaa aahhmmcchhcccciX bbnnaabbddbbccffXhhaajjmmddbbggff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,16,14,16,33,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010111 110101 1101010001 010101 1101011101 110101 1111011101 010110 1110011101 1100101 11111100111 010101 1101110111 111111 01010111110 011101 11110011001 101101 1101111111 010101 1001000101 110101 1011010101 100101 01010010001 0111001 0110010101 010111 1101010101 1111001 11110011001 110101 10110110101 111101 1001010111 111111 1001011101 100101 0101001101 110101 1101110101 110101 1101110111 111111 1101100101 110101 11010101010 1111110 1100011101 0100111 1111010001 010111 10010101111 110101 1011111101 1100101 1111010101 011111 0111010101 110101 1111011111 110101 1001111101 011100 010010100101 010111 010101001001 110101 1011010101 011101 1101000111 110101 11010001001 111111 1101010011 010101 1101010101 111101 1111010101 111001 1101000101 111101 1101010101 110101 1010011001 111101 1101000101 111101 1111011111 0100111 0111011111 0100101 11010110111 1101010 1111000101 0100111 0101011111 010101 0101011101 0101001 0111010101 110101 1101011101 010101 0111001001001 010111 110000111001 111101 1011010111 110101 0111011111 010101 1111010101 110101 0100010111 0100101 1011111111 0011001 1111010101 111101 1101110101 110101 1111011111 111101 1111011111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 570
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 126
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, his, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Even-Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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