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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