This is an analysis of the poem Composition that begins with:
At that brief time
When you wait...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccdacXefc ghhde c eihafigeb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,1,9,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 111 100101 0111 10101010 110011 111 1000101 01111 11110 00011 010100 1000111 1001 1001110 1011 1 0110 111010 1100101 0111 1101001 10101000 1011010 10100 01 1100100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Composition;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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