This is an analysis of the poem A Turn Of The Tide that begins with:
You can turn the tide.
Only you, no one else, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACaC ADEaFGFXFAAHC ABACaC ADEaFGFXFAAHC FIFAFJXADEaFIFAFJg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,6,13,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 101111 1010101 11101 1 10101111 11101 11110101 1100101 1 11000101 01010100101 1101 010101001010 1101 01001 0110101 110111 1011111 11101 101111 1010101 11101 1 10101111 11101 11110101 1100101 1 11000101 01010100101 1101 010101001010 1101 01001 0110101 110111 1011111 1101 1101101101 1101 11100011111 1101 01001100111 11101 11110101 1100101 1 11000101 1101101101 1101 11100011111 1101 01001100111 0111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, a are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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