This is an analysis of the poem When It Began that begins with:
It had begun,
When it began......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAAXaab AAAA AAbAAbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110 1001 0111010 0111110 100 10110101 011010 01111001 0110 1001 0111010 0111110 0110 1001 1111 0110 1001 010101011 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; it is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of When It Began;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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