This is an analysis of the poem Some Moments Come To Us To Own that begins with:
There are moments when they come,
Are moments to accept and not to refuse....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC ABC DCDC AB dDdDdDaB DCDCXABDABDAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,2,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111 11000111001 11010101 1110111 11000111001 11010101 11010011 11010101 00110011 11010101 11110111 11000111001 1101 01010100101 1101 01010100101 1101 01010100101 11110111 11000111001 11010011 11010101 00110011 11010101 11110111 11000111001 111101010 1110111 11000111001 111101010 1110111 11000111001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, moments, come are repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words own, refuse at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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