This is an analysis of the poem No Time To Waste that begins with:
Once I had been told,
By a teacher many years ago....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aXabc XXcXbabaddbbcXabX baXbbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,17,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 101010001 10111 0110001001 1010 11011 01010110 1011001 110010101 101011 1111 11 1111 1101 10001001 111101 100111000 1011 10110 100101001010 1010111 110011 111 11101 10111001 0101101 010000010 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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 No Time To Waste;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
