This is an analysis of the poem I Have Changed The Numbers On My Watch that begins with:

I have changed the numbers on my watch,
And now perhaps something else will change....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaaXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010111 110110101 101 10101 10111 110011010 1010 01110100 111001 1111 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I Have Changed The Numbers On My Watch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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