This is an analysis of the poem Oh You Are Coming that begins with:

Oh you are coming, coming, coming,
How will hungry Time put by the hours till then? --... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba XcXc adbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010 101011101011 11101011011 111100101 111101110 11111011101 111110111 1101100101 101110010 011100101 1111111011 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; coming, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Oh You Are Coming;
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