This is an analysis of the poem Pain And Time Strive Not that begins with:
What part of the dread eternity
Are those strange minutes that I gain,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcd effed ghhgd iacid
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110010100 11110111 100010111 111100111 01010111 11001101 11111111 11111101 11010111 11010011 11001101 11101111 11111101 11011111 01001111 110001001 11010100 11001111 111101101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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