This is an analysis of the poem No Matter What The Temperature that begins with:

Whatever time you wish it to be...
It never seems the right time for that time! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcX cXcacad abXXcd aXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111000 0101011111 1111110 1101 0101000 10101 110111 101100101010 10111 0010010 010 101001 10111100 011101 100100100010 100010111 01001 01011 01010 10001010 11101 01 110101000000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; time is repeated.

    The author used the same word whatever at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of No Matter What The Temperature;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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