This is an analysis of the poem Past And Future that begins with:

The new hath come and now the old retires:
And so the past becomes a mountain-cell, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcca ddaeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111110101 1101010101 11011101001 0101010101 0011110001 11000101010 1101100101 0100110001 1011011111 1011011101 0101010101 0101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Past And Future;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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