This is an analysis of the poem With No 'Ifs' Ands Or In Betweens that begins with:
I use to give my time,
All the time......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXd ac ecXf f adbfXe XXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,4,1,6,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 101 0110 01001100 1101111010 11110101 111011 011 1111100 10000 11011011111 1 1 1111101 11011110111 1101101101 1 01111001 1111 1111110010 0110111 1
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; i, 'all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word now is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines time, now are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase now connects the lines.
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- summary of With No 'Ifs' Ands Or In Betweens;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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