This is an analysis of the poem In A Tolerating Mode that begins with:

From me you received love,
Undivided time......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdd deafeb Xgehhh dfXgbf gcgfXha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011 10101 10100010 1101101 1111101 001010111101 01110101 11111000 0010111100 01001010101 11101010 0011100100 11000111 11001 101111000 1011101 11001010101 011101101101 1110011010 11000011010101 111101011010 11 1110101110101 0110100110101 11011111 10100011111010 010101111100101 0101001001101 011101011 1011 11110010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, i, too are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of In A Tolerating Mode;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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