This is an analysis of the poem Call Me Away that begins with:

Call me away; there's nothing here,
That wins my soul to stay;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcbc dbdb eded babaXXa ffff fgfg fXfb baba hbhbeeb aiaibbX djdj khkhffh fbfX bbbb hihillX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,7,4,4,4,4,7,7,4,7,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 111101 11110101 110101 01010111 110111 111101101 010101 11111101 111111 11000101 011101 010011101 1101001 11011111 110101 11011111 011111 11110101 011101 11110011 11110101 110101 11010111 1111001 110010101 11011 110101101 110111 11011101 010101 01010101 110100 11010111 111101 11110101 1101001 01110111 011111 01010101 110101 11110111 110101 11111011 11010101 010111 11110101 010101 111001101 010111 11001101 110010111 11101000 11111101 1100101 01000101 111101 11111111 111111 11111111 110101 11111101 01000111 110001 11101111 110101 11010101 010101 01011111 110111 11011111 010101 11010101 110111 010100101 110111 10111101 01010110 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, her, such are repeated.

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

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