This is an analysis of the poem Out Of Time that begins with:
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I saw Time flowing like a hundred yachts...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XababcdcX Xefe gg X ghghijij jXji dk X kldlcmcm jfjfXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,2,1,8,4,2,1,8,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1111010101 11010111001 1101011101 0111010101 1101101001 1101010111 1011111111 1101111111 10001000100 1111111111 1101011001 0111010101 1111111101 1101010111 1 1101010101 1001110111 0101110101 1101101001 0101111101 1101111101 0101110001 10011100001 10110010111 10010011110 1011010101 1101000100 1101011111 1001010101 1 1001010101 1011010101 0101111111 1001100101 1001010101 10001010100 0101011101 1011010100 0101011111 10110100111 1111010111 1111010101 0111010111 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Out Of Time;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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