This is an analysis of the poem When We Understand The Plan that begins with:

I reckon when the world we leave
And cease to smile and cease to grieve,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddddbb eeccff gghhii jjkkll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11011101 11011101 11010101 11111101 11110101 01110111 11110100 11010111 10110100 11110101 11110101 10110111 11011111 11110101 11010111 11110101 11000111 11011101 11110101 111111001 11110001 11110111 01011111 11000001 11110111 11111101 11010101 11010111 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, we, why are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, why are repeated.

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  • summary of When We Understand The Plan;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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