This is an analysis of the poem Fun And Time To Waste that begins with:

Why be in it not to finish,
A starting from the beginning......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCACXDEFG FCHIXdcicjc ABCACXDEFG FCHIdXdcgf cgjgXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,10,10,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001010 01000010 1001101 10001010 0101010 10000 10001010 0110100111 1000101 101010101 10111 1101 101011 1110111001 1011101 101101 01011 100110111 1101001101 1100101 101011 10001010 01000010 1001101 10001010 0101010 10000 10001010 0110100111 1000101 101010101 10111 1101 101011 1110111001 01011101 11010010 1011010110101 10100101 10100100101 01010111 11101 10011110 1111010010 01010 1101010100 10010110100 011011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, it, time are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Fun And Time To Waste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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