This is an analysis of the poem Sometimes, When the Light that begins with:
Sometimes, when the light strikes at odd angles
and pulls you back into childhood...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX ba XX Xa bX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110111110 11110011 11110010010 0101001111 11101010110 110110101 110110111 1001110011 10100101 11001100 1011111 1111010010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Sometimes, When the Light;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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