This is an analysis of the poem Yesterday When I 'Had' Patience that begins with:
One moment, please.
I think we have a bad connection....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXd efXaXcgc fXXec X bfbgf bfdXbfXe c X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,5,1,5,8,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 111101010 11011111 111 1011110 1011 01011110110 01001110001011 011001100 11010101 1 110010101 01111101011111 111111001 1100101000100 0111111 1111 111101011 11 1100101101 1101 011101 11111 011110111001 10 10111110 11010100 1111110101 01111 110101110 110111011100 11101 1101011 11010100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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