This is an analysis of the poem This Moment To Witness that begins with:

In this moment to witness,
As it is and 'now'......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXaaAX AaaaXX XbXbAX CcbXCdCX AXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010010 10011 1101010110 110011000100 0010010 10011 0010010 1100101 1101001 011001 11011 110101101110 10011 10001001010 10011 10101010100010 0010010 11001 10101110 001000111101 10101011 011101 10101110 00101010101 10101110 01101 0010010 10011 10101 110101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of This Moment To Witness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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