This is an analysis of the poem Moments To Me That Come that begins with:
Those moments from moments to me that come,
Seem with me to linger....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcdE BCFE GeBH GeBH bXfX GeBH GeBH AB GeBH cdE GeBH BCFE GeBH GeBH AIEAEC AIEAECX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,4,3,4,4,4,4,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100100111 101010 111011101 01 1101 1111010 1011101 101111111 0111101 111001 1 1110 1001 111001 1 1110 1001 011101010 1111001 111101001 0111010111 111001 1 1110 1001 111001 1 1110 1001 1100100111 101010 111001 1 1110 1001 11011101 01 1101 111001 1 1110 1001 1111010 1011101 101111111 0111101 111001 1 1110 1001 111001 1 1110 1001 1100100111 01 0111 1100100111 1011010 01111 1100100111 01 0111 1100100111 1011010 01111 01
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; they, to, moments are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.
The author used the same words do, those at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word not at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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