This is an analysis of the poem It Is Long Past Overtime To Welcome A Recovery that begins with:

There is no 'somewhere' there,
Over the rainbow! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacadded bfddgdhi Xdfceiijdj gddhh iXgijXGdf fdXi XjddXfiG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,10,5,9,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110001 10011 0010110 101 011010 111101 1001110 011010 1010101 01001001 11110001010 1010001010010 100011 01001001010 1100110 0100100 001 100010 011011010100 1010 110101110101 110 11111 101110101 11011 1110011101010 0010101101100 00111101 001010010 1010101010 010101010101101 110110111001 1100101111 10000101 010101101100 010100 11110010001 0010100 111110111 001110101000100 1010110101001010 100010 010 1100101001011001 110110 001010011101 10100100 0100010010101 011 111001101010 11010001001010 11011001 001110101000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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  • summary of It Is Long Past Overtime To Welcome A Recovery;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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