This is an analysis of the poem To The Many that begins with:

I -- am your voice, the warmth of your breath,
I -- am the reflection of your face,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdcbeffbXXXeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101011 110010011 0101000101 11010110101 11111001 101101011 11101001 101011 11110101 1110101 11010100101 0101 1110010001110 010001110000 10110010101 10100110101 111100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, your, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, as are repeated.

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