This is an analysis of the poem So Far, So Near that begins with:
THOU so far, we grope to grasp thee —
Thou, so near, we cannot clasp thee —... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXXXccXbddddddeedddda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011 11111011 11111110 11101110 01101110 10101100 01101110 10000100 10111010 01101110 10101010 100101010 10101010 10111110 10111110 10111010 101010100 10011010 10011010 11101010 10111010 01101010 11001010 10111010 11101011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 847
- Average number of words per stanza: 140
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; so, thou, of, our, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thou is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).
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