This is an analysis of the poem It's Like An Impatience Waiting that begins with:

The hour for the last time,
You allow someone to get on your nerves......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABbcXXd ABbdcXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101011 1011101111 010 110010110 01101010 0101 1010001 0101011 1011101111 010 11010010 10101010101 01011 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

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

  • summary of It's Like An Impatience Waiting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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