This is an analysis of the poem That's What Time It Is that begins with:
What time is it?
It is time for all to step to the plate....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaabX AbcXX Adbdb AacbX AabdaXc Xaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,7,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100 0011101001 0010010000101 10100010100101 10100111001 1100 001011101 1010010 001000100101 000100001010 1100 11001110010 110101 011100110 0111010101 1100 10111111111 110010101000 1000100010 101 1100 101010101 1 11100100 0010100110101 00100100101 11100 010010100 0010011010101 0100010010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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, with, time are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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