This is an analysis of the poem Facing What Could Have Been Done that begins with:
By the time a maturity awakens,
In the minds of those seduced to stay asleep......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbcXX Xddcbca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10100100010 00101010101 101001111100100 001101110011 11101 100100010 101101111 11101010 0101011101 00101 11011 010101 001000100 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
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- summary of Facing What Could Have Been Done;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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