This is an analysis of the poem Parted Presence that begins with:

LOVE, I speak to your heart,
Your heart that is always here. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbcddccddbddbbddbeebbeebffbbffcggccgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 1110111 1111001 1111101 1110101 1101101 1111111 1110101 1111011 1111101 111101 101001 110101011 1111011 1101111 1101011 0101101 1110111 1111111 010101001 1111011 1101101 1111111 0111001 1101101 0101001 0101111 1111011 0111101 1111001 0101101 0101101 1111111 010101011 1111111 1101001 11001110 11001010 0101101 1111001 11110110 010111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 258
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; your, to, ever are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Parted Presence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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