This is an analysis of the poem Impatience that begins with:
How can I wait until you come to me?
The once fleet mornings linger by the way; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaB cdcddB ededdB fffffB bgbggB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011101 0111010101 1101100101 1101110111 1101011111 1111 11110101010 0101110011 11110111010 1111110101 0101110111 1111 1111010111 1110010111 1101010111 1111111101 1101111111 1111 1111010101 01001110111 1111111111 1111010101 01111011111 1111 1111111111 0101111111 0111111100 0111111111 0111011101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, until are repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wait is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word wait at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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