This is an analysis of the poem Time And The Earth that begins with:
Time and the Earth -
The old Father and Mother -... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcdeaX efgXgaXehggbgXbXfdaXc XbfebhbeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,21,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 0110110 110010 11001 1001 1010010 11010 11001 10110 110110 010111 1010010 011110 011010 10001 1001 10110100 1011 1110010 100100 100101 10011 110001 001000 1001100 100100 10010 10001000 10001 110101 110101 101100 11010 1001 00100100 1001 00101111 10010 01000
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 their is repeated.
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