This is an analysis of the poem The Eons In Waiting that begins with:

Eons go by awaiting in hope's path
Like a desert traveler with no oasis in sight ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbXXXa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010011 10101000101001 01111011011 1000101010010 0101010010100 010101100111 0111110101010100100 11110111 1100101110010101 01001010100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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  • summary of The Eons In Waiting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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