This is an analysis of the poem Permanence that begins with:
I am leaving earth with little knowledge of it,
without having visited its great cities and lands...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111010101000 0110100011011 11110100101 111111011010 111100101101 1111010011010 110101101 11110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, what are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Permanence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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