This is an analysis of the poem This One Noon that begins with:

This noon I do not sleep, I do not wake, I do not die, I do not live
Time enters the room through the window, until this noon I did not know my...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcX cXdcX bdX XbXdX cXc X a X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,3,5,3,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011111111111111111 11001101001011011111111001 11011001010100011010101111010 10100101 1110010010110101101111 01110100111001010101011011 111001101110101 11111111111111111001 111111 0101101000101010100010 1111001011001011111111111111 11111010111011110110 1111101111 0111111 1111100101111111011 1111011111101011111011101 11011010100010 11100110111101101011101110 11110111011011011 011111010010011101001 01001101100110101010111011 1011110101 01001011101 111101 010011010010111011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 70 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, not, hand, on, and, my, your, life, to, of, come, we, this, stream are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of This One Noon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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