This is an analysis of the poem A Time To Love (Stevie Wonder) that begins with:
We have time to debate the rise of hatred.
And the affects of racism taking place....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXdbdff bcccXfafDg CEHbCEHbfddfbD gXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,14,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101010 10010110101 1110010111000 1010010010 010100100101 111010101011 110001001001010 111001 11011101 10101 1101011010100 000010110100101 1110110 0010101 1110011010101 1110101010 001101010010011 1110110111 0101 1 0101 0011 1000110101 010111 1101001 0100101101 1000110101 010111 1101001 01011111 001011001 1101 1 10111 1101101 0101 0101 110010 0101101 1101010010 011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, we, time, have, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, love are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.
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