This is an analysis of the poem River Of Life, The that begins with:

The more we live, more brief appear
Our life's succeeding stages; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbXb dede cfcf Xgdg cXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 1101010 01011101 1011010 01010011 1101010 110010101 0101010 110100111 1101110 11110101 1111010 11111111 1101010 11110101 1101110 01011111 1101010 11111111 1111010 101100101 0101010 11010101 0100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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