This is an analysis of the poem When Is It Ever Ready? that begins with:
When is it ever ready...
For us to make up our minds, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXcAd AeeefXggdbf Agdda XdeXd AcaX fdeedbXggeceea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,5,5,4,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001010 1101111 001011111 01101 1001010 11 1001010 0111 1100101 00010 1101 1101111 1011101 0101 01101 0010010010 1 1001010 110100 01011010011 00100 101010 1110101000 01001011 01110110 011000 00100001 1001010 101001001 100100 110010 1011 0110 1010110100 101 01100110 1010 101 1111 11100 1100 01101 1100 011001010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; to, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of When Is It Ever Ready?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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