This is an analysis of the poem On The Other Side that begins with:
What will you do through the waiting days,
What will my darling do?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBabcdcdaeaefXfX gbgB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110101 101101 0111100111 0111101 1111011111 111101 1110111111 11111101 101011001 1010101 111111111 1111101 111111111 1111101 111111111 10101100 1010101101 1111111 101011111 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; you, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
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- summary of On The Other Side;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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