This is an analysis of the poem Change that begins with:

Changed? Yes, I will confess it – I have changed.
I do not love you in the old fond way.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ecec gaga bebe hchc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110010111 1111100111 1111111101 1101001101 1011011101 0100110110 1100010111 1111011111 1111010101 0111001101 1111110111 1011010001 01010010001 0111111101 1100100101 1111010101 0111011111 0101110111 1101110111 1101010101 1111010101 100100110010 0111010001 11101111010 1111110110 1111110111 1011011111 01001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, or, our, and, so are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Change;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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