This is an analysis of the poem Where Is The Minute Within That Hour that begins with:

If today is not the time for it...
Then where is the minute within that hour, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCddcd ABCXeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 001010110 11000101110 10101 1110010101 1001 1 001010100010 001010110 11000101110 10101 11010010 100011 101 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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