This is an analysis of the poem Tick-Tock that begins with:

Tick-tocking in my ear
My dollar clock I hear....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbXcC ddeeXXcX ffbbggcCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 110111 1000101 100101 010101 010100 010101 11 100101 111101 010101 010101 0101100 110111 010101 11 110111 111101 111101 011000 111111 110011 110111 11 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tick is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tock is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Tick-Tock;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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