This is an analysis of the poem That Time You Wish To Take From Me Has Come Too Late that begins with:

If you've noticed it,
You are the one 'hanging-in-there' convinced......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaab Xcdea fgghbh dchbb ebahhh ebXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,5,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100 11011001001 11111001011 1101001010110 101010110011010 101 111110101010100 101101111 11110010101101 101011010111010 11100001 110 11111100010110 0110 011011001010 01111000101110 011101111 10101101110 011000010011001010 1010101010 111110110001 110111 0111110001101011 111101011111 1111010101011 011011010 1010101010110 11110011011 11010110101010 1111010111011010 11100110011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of That Time You Wish To Take From Me Has Come Too Late;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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