This is an analysis of the poem Distant Time that begins with:
I know not from what distant time
thou art ever coming nearer to meet me. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaa Xb Xb XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 11101010011 111111011100111 01001011111101 11100110111111010 11110101110110 101001001010111 0010010101111 11100101101110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and are repeated.
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