This is an analysis of the poem Waiting that begins with:
WHEN the dawn comes forth I wonder
Will our sad, sad hearts awaken, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111110 01111010 101110010 00101010 00101010 11101010 10101010 10011110 110001101 10101010 10111111 10110010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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; in is repeated.
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- summary of Waiting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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