This is an analysis of the poem Does It Matter Anymore that begins with:

Does it matter anymore.
As to who decides the time has come, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbcBa deefBa AcdXgdeXBeXbegf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 101010111 1111101010 0100010111 1010 101 10101011101 0101111010 1010001 101010011100 1010 101 1010101 11000101010 01001011101 000100010001 011011010 11010 01101011 10010011 1010 10110 1011010 0101010 1110 0010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    The author used the same word does at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Does It Matter Anymore;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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