This is an analysis of the poem Time’s Changes In A Household that begins with:

They were as fair and bright a band as ever filled with pride
Parental hearts whose task it was children beloved to guide;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff gghh iijj dXbb ggkk hhdd eeee ddaa ggdd aall aamm ccaaXaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10111101110101 010111011001001 1100111010101110 110001010111110 110101010101101 01011100110101 11011111110101 01110101110111 10111011110101 11001111010101 01110101010111 01011101010101 010010101110111 01110101110101 01010101111101 01111101110101 10011101110101 11010101010001 01011111110101 11011111011101 110101010010101 01010111010111 1011011101110010 0101010010101010 01111101011111 1101001011010111 0110011111011001 110010111110101 01010111110101 10011101010101 11101111011111 11010110011101 101011101011100 110111011101001 01111111110101 11010111010101 011111111101001 11010101011111 11010101011101 0010101011000111 011010110110111 11010100010101 010111010100101 01110101110101 11010101110101 100111110110101 11010101110111 01110101110101 10110011010111 01010101110111 11011101110101 11010001110101 10110101010101 11011111010111 11010101110101 11010101100101 11110101011101 10110101001101 1101110011010011 101100100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, s, his, they, of, her, in, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, had, she are repeated.

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  • summary of Time’s Changes In A Household;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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