This is an analysis of the poem To The Stone-Cutters that begins with:

Stone-cutters fighting time with marble, you foredefeated
Challengers of oblivion...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXXaXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010110000 10000100 11001010110111 0111010 1001100101011 10100100 11001010111011 11110001 1111101001111 010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 465
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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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