This is an analysis of the poem Before The Change Occurred that begins with:
Few are desperate to claim they have changed.
Fearing the feeling to adapt to something fresh, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdc XeaXed XXaXaa bddabX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110001111 100100010101 010010110100010 1100100101 010001100011001 0110001111001 11111001 1000101 00101 100101001 1010111101010 10011010101 110 1100111000010 01110110 10110101 010101 0101100001 10110010101 111010100001 0101001001 0100100 110010111 10110010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it are repeated.
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- summary of Before The Change Occurred;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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