This is an analysis of the poem A Darkness That's Been Turned On that begins with:

A darkness that's been turned on,
Can be switch off and to do it quick....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACADA bEcEFEBFEBFF ABACADAFF FEBFEBFF eFbFXFeeXDAAADAAAe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,12,9,8,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011 101110101 0101011 101100100 0101011 111 101 11011101 0101110 101010100 0101110 101 01110 10101110 101 01110 10101010 101 101 0101011 101110101 0101011 101100100 0101011 111 101 101 101 101 01110 10101110 101 01110 10101010 101 101 110101000101110 101 0101010101110 101 010111010011 101 0111010101 11010001101 01010111 0110011 11 1001 01010111 0110011 11 1001 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; turned, flip, to, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word flip is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines switch, on are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word switch at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A Darkness That's Been Turned On;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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