This is an analysis of the poem The Dead Moment that begins with:

THE world is changed between us, never more
Shall the dawn rise and seek another mate ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabccbbbdbbd cececcfdfdggg hXddiidjcjdkckc ccjbblljXjlmaiii maececiibbb mmbbncncnccllele ojjoXjfbhbebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,13,15,16,11,16,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011101 1011110101 1001110101 1101010001 001100 1111010101 1011010101 1101110101 101101 101101 0101011011 0101101100 010100101 110101 1111010101 1101011101 010101 1100101 1101011101 1101110101 1111111100 0101111101 11110100100 010111 1111000101 111101 0101011111 100101 1101110010 1011110111 11011 1101011101 110111 0111000101 1011010101 110101 111101 111101 0101100101 110101 1001110101 1111010101 1111011111 0011011101 1111000101 1111000101 101101 10110011001 1111010011 10010101 1101111100 1001001 1111 1101100101 0111110101 0101110101 101101 1001011001 1111111101 101111 1001110111 1011000101 1111011101 111101 1111110101 111111 1101110101 10100011 1110011001 110101 110101 1100 1101110110 1111100100 1011010101 111101 1011011101 10110101000 1001110111 1000101 1111011101 100101 111011101 0111111100 1011010001 1111010101 1111111101 1011111101 110101 1111010100 0100011101 11010101111 0110001101 110111 1111010101 11110100101 1011011101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 534
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 98
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, a, such are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Dead Moment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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