This is an analysis of the poem Time Enough that begins with:

I know it is early morning,
And hope is calling aloud, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcdc XbdbaeXe aabaXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 1101001 11100101010 01001001 110011011 1101101 101001101001 11011001 110010011 10101001 10101110111 10111101 11101010 11101001 1010110111 00110111 11001110 10111001 0110111101 11111001 111110010 1011111 1111111011 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; we is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Time Enough;
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