This is an analysis of the poem Is It Time that begins with:
Is it time...
To pay attention to a ticking clock....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbAcde AfAfAdg X AEAeAFb aEAFb XGCXGCXGHHA GCXGHHA X bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,1,7,5,11,7,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001 0101000101 001 00 01110 01010 001 0100111 001 011001 001 11010 001 1 001 01110 001 01110 001 011100 110001 1011 01110 001 011100 110001 1 11010101 01111001 1 11010101 01111001 1 11010101 011111 101 001 11010101 01111001 1 11010101 011111 101 001 1011 1111 101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; it, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, to are repeated.
The author used the same word is at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words quick, time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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