This is an analysis of the poem Lost Time that begins with:
On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time.
But it is never lost, my lord. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xab XX aXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011011111011 10010111 1110100100110111 1000101111001001 1001011001000100 111011011101 10101111 0010111 111101010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; and is repeated.
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