This is an analysis of the poem The Two Highwaymen that begins with:

I LONG have had a quarrel set with Time
Because he robb'd me. Every day of life ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcddceaeXefaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111010101 01111100101 1100110101 1101110111 1111001111 0110010101 1001010111 1101110101 1110010001 010100101111 1101111100 0100110001 1011110101 1111011101 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 657
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.

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