This is an analysis of the poem Changing Dimensions Seen that begins with:
Changing dimensions seen.
No retracting to step back....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACAA DADAEcd AA XAbAA DADAEbAAd BACAffAdAdA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,2,5,9,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 100101 1010011 100101 01011101 100101 100101 010010100 100101 11111101 100101 11000100 11001 1 100101 100101 10100010 100101 11010101 100101 100101 010010100 100101 11111101 100101 11000100 1100111 100101 100101 1 1010011 100101 01011101 100101 11010101 11110111 100101 1 100101 1 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; changing, dimensions, seen are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word changing is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines seen is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word seen at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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