This is an analysis of the poem Now! that begins with:
Out of your whole life give but a moment!
All of your life that has gone before,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcacadadabba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011111010 101111101 1011001101 1110100101 0010011100010 11101111 1001011111 1011111011011 11101011011 01011110111 11101011011 01001011111 11001111101 11111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 642
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word all is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase me connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Now!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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