This is an analysis of the poem Will All Eyes Suddenly Find They Are Wide Opened that begins with:

Once upon a time...
Communism was a threat, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcd aca edfbc faacXbcaa XceacXXdadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,5,9,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 1010101 0010010001 10011 10101 0001010 1011101 1010101 1101 01101 1010101100 001011101010 0110011010010 10001001 0110100100010100 1011 10110 1010011101 00101 10010110 11110 1101101101 0100010 1 011100111110 0001001111 011101 1110001010 1111010 11100011100 1111101110 0101000111001 01111100 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to 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 will at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Will All Eyes Suddenly Find They Are Wide Opened;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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