This is an analysis of the poem Today Is Not A Time For Procrastination that begins with:
Remember those opportunities that came to stare?
But delayed and not taken......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaXc cXXab XbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 0101101001101 1011110 001111111101 100111101 1 110110101 10101100 11001011 1110100100 1 11010010011010 101 010101101010 11010011101000010 1111001010100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Today Is Not A Time For Procrastination;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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