This is an analysis of the poem Fixed Is The Doom that begins with:

FIXED is the doom; and to the last of years
Teacher and taught, friend, lover, parent, child,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXacXXXaaXcXbcXaXaXcac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001100100 1011110101 11111101110 0111011101 1101010101 0101010101 01001111011101 0101010101 1101010 100 1111010111 0101111111 0111011111 1101111101 1100110101 1101 1111011011 0101010 1001010101 1001010001 1011111001 1111011101 1001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 940
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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