This is an analysis of the poem You Will Know What Time It Is that begins with:
I am not the reason why...
You have no time to do what you do....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa Xba cdb ef Xfed fcd Xd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,2,4,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 111101111 1110 111011 01011111 111110 11111 1010101 101 101101 11110100 1011100 1100 01101 1100 010011110 11111100 10111 010110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word do at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of You Will Know What Time It Is;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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