This is an analysis of the poem Time Has No Room In My Mind that begins with:

Lay your head and rest it on my shoulder.
Feel you can deeply breathe and free yourself...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbabcX DXcaeaa AcXfc DeeXggfdXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101110 1111011110 0101110101 010 11101101 11 11101100 101111111111 110110111 1011111101 1111010 000111 111001010 010 1111101110 01111100111 1001100 1111 0010001 101111111111 01011 1111011011 1011 01111111 11101111101 1011011 11111111 1101 1101001 01100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of Time Has No Room In My Mind;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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