This is an analysis of the poem And Then...They All Awakened that begins with:

And then...
They all awakened, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcde dXfggdgbh Xegbb hhifb bXdcbedaea gaXeibcXaaddh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,5,5,10,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11010 010110110 0110011101 1 0101110010 1000001110000 001010010 11101101101 11111100101 001010101010 1101101 11101 1010001101001 1110011101 1 11100100 10100011101 01010110100 10101010110100 0110010101001 1101110 01011010101010 110100100111 1 101 110100100101 10110 0101101010001010 1 101100101010 0101 1 110100101 1 011101110101 0110011 1 110 1101110101 0010111011001 11101010 1100110100111 01001101001 010011 100101000010000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to, that are repeated.

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

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