This is an analysis of the poem I Have Longed To Move Away that begins with:

I have longed to move away
From the hissing of the spent lie...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaaaaAbcdb eeeeccddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 00100011 1011001001 101100101 1100100011 1110101 001010001 1111001 11010110 10100111 11101011101 11101101 1001110101 11000011111 1011101 0100101 1110010 1110110 11111101 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 341
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of I Have Longed To Move Away;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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