This is an analysis of the poem It's No Act that begins with:
Those who have awaited too late,
Procrastinating to hesitate......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcde cfghhi Xaafac X beib aabaX X XicdjXXagaaja
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,1,4,5,1,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011 010100101 01100101 0011010011001 0010011101001 1001 11111101011 000101111010 01101100 111011010001 010000111101 1101010110101 1101111010 110111 00111011101 100101100 00111 00101001000010 1100101001 101 10111111 11111001 0010101 1001 1001 110101 11101011 110101011010 01101001101010 1 100101011 1110111110001 111111011101 1110101011000101 111101100111011 1101110 01000 011 10110010001001 01111101 100101001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, from, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines minute is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of It's No Act;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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