This is an analysis of the poem Only When It Is Available To Waste that begins with:

Only when it is available to waste,
Is time then considered to be precious....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100010001 0110100010 1111 1111100 01111101001 1010010 111111 101011011001 011010101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Only When It Is Available To Waste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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