This is an analysis of the poem A Further Hesitating In The Waste Of Time that begins with:

I understand where you are going with this.
I even understand, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXX Xdb XXecc aXeXa dcebeXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111000 110101 1111001 110101 101001010100 0111001110 1111 110010110011 10111010 0111111 0010101 1001000 1110011 1 01100010 1101111111 01101101010 1010 101 111111001 11001 1011101 101001 010101000101 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Further Hesitating In The Waste Of Time;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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