This is an analysis of the poem At Times I Have that begins with:

At times I have happy ideas,
Ideas suddenly happy, in among ideas...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aab XccdbdXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110010 01010010001010 101011100011 101011 11111 1110011 101101000101 1 11100011011 11 011101100111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; ideas, me, that are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ideas, that are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ideas connects the lines.

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  • summary of At Times I Have;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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