This is an analysis of the poem Time Has Provoked Insensitivities that begins with:

I remember vividly those times,
Of innocent minds....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABACB adXcdX AABACB eceXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010011 01001 10101 11011 011010111100 011011 01000100 11110001 11101100000 011101000001 01010101111001 1010101001100 101010011 01001 10101 11011 011010111100 011011 01011011 1111010001 10100100010100 1101110 100100010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Time Has Provoked Insensitivities;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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