This is an analysis of the poem Waiting For Hours that begins with:
Not a clock heard ticking with a tock,
Is doing it slower at one's advantage......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC XdXee eXd ABC dddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110001 01001011010 01010001010 110 100101011 10100101 1010001100101 0101010111 11010110110 100 0111110101 101110001 01001011010 01010001010 11 10111001000 10101110101001 010101010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Waiting For Hours;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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