This is an analysis of the poem What Had Been Touched that begins with:
When it's time for me to sleep...
With a time for me to sleep....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABACDB AABACDB DDeeCeXf AABACDB DDCX DBCXf DBCXX XcDB CXCXCXCgH H GHCHGHCHGHCHCXGHHHHG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,7,4,5,5,4,9,1,20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 0011101 01110101 0010001 111110010 0010101 11111 1011101 0011101 01110101 0010001 111110010 0010101 11111 11010101 101101 11010111110 0001 01011101 1 10110 1001 1011101 0011101 01110101 0010001 111110010 0010101 11111 11010101 101101 01011101 110110 0010101 11111 01011101 110110 0101 0010101 11111 01011101 110110 101010 11111 0010 0010101 11111 01011101 110110 01011101 111010 01011101 111010 01011101 001001010010 1101 1101 0010011010010 1101 1101 1101 0010011010010 1101 1101 1101 0010011010010 1101 1101 1101 1101 0010011010010 1101 1101 1101 1101 0010011010010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, come, back, life are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word come is repeated.
The author used the same words when, with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sleep, life are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words back, life at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of What Had Been Touched;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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