This is an analysis of the poem Running Out Of Patience that begins with:
They did not understand his smile
Or the quick pacing of his steps....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeafddgcfchcbbhXXdXebgb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101 10110001 101101 11001011 1010110 1010111 111111 1001011 100100101 10110101 0011 111111 101010 1 110 10110101 11110101 11101 11010110100 111 10101111 0 10110101010 11010110 11010110 11101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 751
- Average number of words per stanza: 134
- Amount of lines: 26
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; not, him, and, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Running Out Of Patience;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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