This is an analysis of the poem Signet Of Eternity that begins with:
The day was when I did not keep myself in readiness for thee;
and entering my heart unbidden even as one of the common crowd, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXa XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111101111010011 110011100101100101 0101111110100010001 1001010011 10111111010111100 11111100011001000 1110011001010 111100101101011 1011110111 101111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (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; of, my, and are repeated.
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