This is an analysis of the poem A Prayer Of Time that begins with:

Move onward, Time, and bring us sooner free
From this self--clouding turmoil where we ply... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa XbXb cdcd ee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101111101 0011011111 110101001000 1110111111 11111111100 11101111001 11010101100 0101111101 1111001101 11011110111 11111011101 1101100101 1111011111 01010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, thou, and are repeated.

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