This is an analysis of the poem Absence that begins with:
Sometimes I know the way
You walk, up over the bay;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc bbdd eeaa bbff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101 1111001 00010111 1101001101 10010101 1011 0111011101 1111 01010101001 01001011111 110111111011 0111110001 11001 11110011 1110101 1111111 1111111 1011 101111101 10111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; as is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Absence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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