This is an analysis of the poem To-Day You Understand that begins with:
You lifted eyes pain-filled to me,
Sad, questioning eyes that did demand... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaB XbaaB XbXaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11011101 110011001 11111100 01011101 11011101 111111000 11011101 110110001 01110110 11011101 11011100 01111101 01110100 11011101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; at is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word at is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word understand at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of To-Day You Understand;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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