This is an analysis of the poem I Make This In A Warring Absence that begins with:

I make this in a warring absence when
Each ancient, stone-necked minute of love's season...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaaaXa aaaaaaa bbcXcccX cccbbXc aaacaa aaXdddddd XdXddXdX cddeeda cbbfbfcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,7,6,9,8,7,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010101 11011010110 1011011010 11010101110 1111001010010 01110101010 101111001 10110101010 0101111101 11001111111 11011101001 11100001110 1101010101 1101001101 1111000101 1111010100 10110100110 00010101010 0111011100 10011101010 0100010110 100110011010 1101111110 11010001110 01111101010 01011101010 1011010101 10011110010 11010100110 1101010111 11010011100 1101011011 10111111011 1011100101 01011101110 01011111011 11110110010 11010111010 1001010111 1011110101 1011011100 11010010111 010111010010 1101000111 110111010 11011011111 101010010111 011100111100 1101001101 10011110101 1011100101 1101110101 00110101010 11111101010 0101101101 1101110101 0111111111 0101110101 1111000101 01001110101 10011111010 0101110011 1011110001 0111110111 1101111101 1111101101 1001010001 10110001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; and, in are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ruin connects the lines.

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  • summary of I Make This In A Warring Absence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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