This is an analysis of the poem Eternity that begins with:
O years! and age! farewell:
Behold I go,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cccXXcccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111 0111 1111 010001 111111 1111 11111 010100 110111 0111 1110 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Eternity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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