This is an analysis of the poem Time Long Past that begins with:
Like the ghost of a dear friend dead
Is Time long past.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbb bbbbbb cbcbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100111 0111 011010101 011010101 01110111 1111 1011001 0111 11010101 11011101 11110111 1111 10011101 1111 1101101 01010111 10010101 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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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