This is an analysis of the poem Waiting At The Window that begins with:
These are my two drops of rain
Waiting on the window-pane. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd cc aa aa dd aa ee ff bbXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 1010101 1110101 1010100 10011001 1011101 1011101 1010001 1111001 1011101 1010001 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1010101 0110101 1110101 1110101 1110001 1011111 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 59
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word james is repeated.
The author used the same word john at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase john connects the lines.
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- summary of Waiting At The Window;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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