This is an analysis of the poem Modern Love Xxvii: Distraction Is The Panacea that begins with:
Distraction is the panacea, Sir!
I hear my oracle of Medicine say. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXabcXbXccXcddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100010101 11110001001 1011010101 1110010101 0101000101 0101110101 11011101110 1111011101 1101111000 10010111011 110011111 1101110101 1111011111 1101111111 1011010111 01000100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 654
- Average number of words per stanza: 122
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.
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