This is an analysis of the poem In Absence that begins with:

WAKE, do you wake in the dark in the strange far place,
Window and door not set like the ones we knew,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd ececc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111100100111 10111110111 101110110101 101100111101 101110100101 111100100101 001011111111 11100100110111 11010111101 111110010101 11111100101 100100110101 110111110111 11110111111 11001011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, you, dream are repeated.

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