This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Got To Reach that begins with:

I've got to reach.
Waiting around until a wilting begins, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXcdbXbb AXXXcXXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 10010101001 00101 0010110 111101 010111010 1110101001 010101010 110101101010 1101 10101111101 0010010010100100 111001 101000111 11011001001 111110111 0101011 11010111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of I'Ve Got To Reach;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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