This is an analysis of the poem To The Virgins, Make Much Of Time that begins with:

Gather ye rose-buds while ye may:
Old Time is still a-flying; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 1101010 101101101 0100010 0100101001 0101010 01000101 1101010 11011001 1111110 11010111 1101010 10111111 1111110 11011111 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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