This is an analysis of the poem The Year Clock that begins with:

We zot bezide the leafy wall,
Upon the bench at evenfall,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbccXXddeeccXceeXXbXeeddddccffeeaXaaXeccddaagghhXeeeeefXggXdaaeeddbbccXXiiee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 80,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 01011100 11111111 110101111 11110101 11010111 01110101 11011001 11011101 11011101 01111101 11111111 11010111 10011101 11111111 11100101 11011111 1100101010 11010101 110100101 001010101 01010111 11110101 01011101 11011101 010111001 01011101 01000101 01100101 01010101 11111101 01010101 01011111 10010101 101011101 11011101 11010001 11011101 11010001 01011101 11110101 01010111 11010111 11011111 01001011 110100001 11010111 010111101 0100101 10011101 01010101 10011111 11100101 01010101 01010101 11011111 010110101 11010111 11010101 01011101 11110101 11010101 11111101 01010101 111001101 01110111 01010101 01100111 01110101 11110111 11010101 11010101 01011101 01101101 010001101 01010101 11011101 11111101 11010101 10011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2801
  • Average number of words per stanza: 522
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Year Clock;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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