This is an analysis of the poem The Moment that begins with:
The moment when, after many years
of hard work and a long voyage...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXXc XdacXX ebedcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110100 01110110 110010011 1110111010 10111111 11110 0011010110 1110011 0111110 0110101 011101101 1111 11101110 1001001101 10011001010 1100101 11011 011101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Moment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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