This is an analysis of the poem To-Morrow that begins with:
When you’re suffering hard for your sins, old man,
When you wake to trouble and sleep ill—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcXdcececXcad XaXacdcad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100111111 111010111 1000100101 110010010 11110110101 111010110 1110100101 11100101011 111001010 1111100101 110111010 111111111 11111110 11101100111 111111111 1110100111 11100101011 111001010 1100111111 101101010 11101001111 101001010 11101111111 11011010 1111110101 11110101011 111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 577
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, may, to, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and, you, can are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word morrow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To-Morrow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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