This is an analysis of the poem In Human Closeness There Is A Secret Edge that begins with:
In human closeness there is a secret edge,
Nor love nor passion can pass it above,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010100101 1111011001 1101010101 1101010001 110101001 110010101 11101111 011000101 1111010111 1111110101 11110111 1111010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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