This is an analysis of the poem Time For Us Is Not A Factor that begins with:

Our feelings for each other,
Are as strong today......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddc ceedXX eccXacc X daa bebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,1,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 11101 111001111 111 1011101 000101011 11 1 110101 011110 0111010001 01101 11 11 111010101 010100011 001111111010 011101001 011101010 10101011111 100 110 11101010 11 1 110101 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; to, your, for are repeated.

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

  • summary of Time For Us Is Not A Factor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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