This is an analysis of the poem To Realize Times Are Gone that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABbAACA BBdXbc BdbBDbCeXd BBABbAACA CebcXbfaGFH CGFHXCdbCDahd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,10,9,11,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 101101 1 1100 01001101 011100101 011101 1001 01101110 11011101 01000111 1 001001101 1010101 011 1 1010101 0101111 1 1010101 11101010 01110101 10110101 1001 01101110 1100 101101 1 1100 01001101 011100101 011101 1010101 1111010 1 1010101 10110100 1 1010101 1010100 11 11 10 1010101 11 11 10 1010101 01011111 1 1010101 0101111 11 111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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 that is repeated.

    The author used the same words there, many at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word is at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of To Realize Times Are Gone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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