This is an analysis of the poem To Change A Mood Or Two that begins with:
I never stood with wishes to leap into a loop.
Or be......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCAD ABCeA ADa ADa ABCAD ADa ABCeA ADaaFXADaaF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,3,5,3,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010010001 10 110 11 001 1101010010001 10 110 01 001011 111110110101 11 11 111110110101 11 11 1101010010001 10 110 11 001 111110110101 11 11 1101010010001 10 110 01 001011 111110110101 11 11 11 010111 111110110101 11 11 11 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nonstop is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase nonstop connects the lines.
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- summary of To Change A Mood Or Two;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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