This is an analysis of the poem Either Now...Or Later! that begins with:
You are correct.
I could not agree with you more....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB CDE fgh hhdX chgfege fbggb ifgajj AB CDE cai ceiae hcaihaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,4,7,5,6,2,3,3,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101 11101011 11100101 1111001 0011 11011101 1111010001 10 110110010 101 11111100100 111001001100 110010011111 11010 110101101 1111100011010 1111111 00100010101 101011 011111101010 0001001111101 0100101101 11101001 001010111001 110 11110101010 11111011011 11100100110101 111010111 11111011001 1101 11101011 11100101 1111001 0011 11101011001 001001101 0010111110011110 1101100100001 1110101111 101010 10101 011101100 011101011 101 00101 110 11011 1001 001001010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you, i, to, as, can are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Either Now...Or Later!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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