This is an analysis of the poem Wrinkles that begins with:
WHEN Helen first saw wrinkles in her face
(’T was when some fifty long had settled there...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXccaXdbXbeaebd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110001 11111011101 1101011110 1101010111 1011011101 1001110101 1101110 111 1011001111 1101010001 10010011001 01010111001 1101011101 0101111111 1111011111 1111001111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 663
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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