This is an analysis of the poem All Things Decay And Die that begins with:

All things decay with time: The forest sees
The growth and down-fall of her aged trees;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010101 011110011 1101111101 0101000111 1101001101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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