This is an analysis of the poem To Pablo Neruda that begins with:

Again & again
I have read your books...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc deeefe Xfce dgaXahdi bjklg mkbma cndmj colX dldo bXXl bbeXeXen Xheeddei lnln gXeffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,4,8,5,5,5,4,4,4,8,8,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 11111 011010011 11010101 1101010011 111100111 101101100 111 0011 10001000 1110011 11101 0110 01001 010110001001 011010010 1010 11010 1001010 1011011 011 1111 11 10100 11010 101001 101 1101010 0100 101 0110 11 10010 111 011 01001 1100101 101 111110 1101 1111 011010 1110 011101 0110111 11010 010 1110 100111 01001 1001010 1010 10010 1000 10010 1001001 011 1011101 10010 1101010 010110 010011 0101010 0110 10010 10101 11010 11101 01110100 10100 0111011 101 01 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; fly, your, you, of, poet, we are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sea is repeated).

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  • summary of To Pablo Neruda;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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