This is an analysis of the poem They Put Us Far Apart that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111100 110111 101010000 110110100 11011100 1101010 1011010101 1100010 010001000 1111010 111001000 11100110 1101010 010100 110111010 1000010010 0100100 0100100 11110101 1100010 110000010 0100000000 1101000101 11010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, permission, each are repeated.

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

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