This is an analysis of the poem Time that begins with:
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The ticking-- ticking-- ticking of the clock--!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbaaXbacdcdcc Xebbeebbefgffgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 0101010001 1111111111 1101111101 1101010101 0101001101 0101000111 1101010101 11011111001 1010110101 1101011101 11010011001 1110010101 1101010101 0111111111 1 1101011101 1111110111 01010101100 0101110111 1011001111 11001010111 0110101101 1101011111 0111110101 1011111111 1011010111 1101010101 1101010101 11001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; ticking, we, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
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- summary of Time;
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