This is an analysis of the poem The Times that begins with:
it is hard to remain human on a day
when birds perch weeping...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXcdXeaXacXXdabeXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00100110101 11110 00110101 1110110111 010 01011101 1111101111 111110101 1111001010 00 10111011 01011010 0111010110 111110101 101011101 111101010 1010111001 0101111 11111001011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; would, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of The Times;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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