This is an analysis of the poem Turning Into Men Again that begins with:

This morning men are returning to the world,
Waiting on the sides of blackened pavements ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd eeac fXXX Xedf begg eXbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011010001 1010101010 1010010001 10111101101 11100100111 001111101 001001101 11101001 10110101 010110100011001 10010010 1111 111101010 10110101101 1010110011011 1011111 11001101 0101010100110 11011100 00111011 010011010 1011101101 0101010111 1001001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to, must, light, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Turning Into Men Again;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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