This is an analysis of the poem Foundations that begins with:
We are what nature made us; soon or late,
Life's art that fadeth passeth slow away,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cddcee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111011111 1111010101 0101001101 10011110001 0100011111 11010111001 1011010101 1011110101 11110101010 01010010101 0101011111 11010011010 1111010111 1101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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; its, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word its is repeated.
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- summary of Foundations;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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