This is an analysis of the poem Time that begins with:

I'm no longer annoyed when I wake up at three in the night,
If you don't have a good night's sleep, the day doesn't go well, people say....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbaXXXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001111111001 01110011011011101 110100011011 111110111 111110101111 101010100111110 101111011100100 1111010111001010101 10111011101101 10110110110110001100111 010110110011010010011010100100101010111101000001001000110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 79 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Time;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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