This is an analysis of the poem Waiting that begins with:
HE is coming! he is coming! in my throbbing breast I feel it;
There is music in my blood, and it whispers all day long, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa abab cdcd Xeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101001101110 10100111010111 11101101111111111 111010101010001 101101011101010 101110100010001 1011111010111010 1111101011101001 101011111111111 111110101111111 1111101011111111 111011101110101 1010101000111100 0101111111101 101111011111010 0111011111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
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; my, it, he, in, i, their, him, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Waiting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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