This is an analysis of the poem Until Those Tomorrows Came that begins with:
When I was a child,
I use to play....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD ABAE AABD fGAAhF ABCD ABAE AABD GAAhF ABAEhF AEhF hFXdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,4,4,4,5,6,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 1101 1111 1111 1101 1101 110 0011 11110101 110101 01 1101 1010100 1111 110 111 01 10111 11101 1101 1111 1111 1101 1101 110 0011 11110101 110101 01 1101 1111 110 111 01 10111 1101 1101 110 0011 01 10111 110 0011 01 10111 01 10111 1011 1
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; i, those, tomorrows are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, those are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word came at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Until Those Tomorrows Came;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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