This is an analysis of the poem When Did It Begin? that begins with:
When did it begin?
The open mouths and closed ears....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB ADEFG hha hdhcb ADEFG hiXiffbba afi dABCBXADEFG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,5,5,9,3,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001 0101111 1110100101 11001110100010 10001 101010100 0110110101110 010110101 11010111100 0111100101 1010000110 010100101010 0111100101 10001 101110100 01010111 0011101010101 10001 101010100 0110110101110 010110101 11010111100 1100110100 111101 10101010111 0100101 1000101101101 0011011011101 1101 0 11110 1001011110010 100101111001 111101101010 1 10001 0101111 1110100101 11001110100010 10001 101010100 0110110101110 010110101 11010111100
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, truth are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, yet are repeated.
The author used the same words when, today at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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