This is an analysis of The Current Of Time's River by Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin.

The current of time's river
Will carry off all human deeds…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa aXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 0100110 01011101 11000100 11010111 10110101 110111 010101000101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

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