This is an analysis of the poem Absence that begins with:
What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere I see thy face?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcXcdedefgfg hchccaXaXfXfcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110101110 1101011111 11110100110 0101111101 1101011101 1001011101 0011101110 1110010011 1111111101 0100111101 11110100101 1101110001 1111111101 01010111111 1111110101 011111111 1111111011 0101110101 0101110101 111011101 1110011101 11001111101 1111101100 11110111101 1001010101 0101110011 01010010100 1011111111 110111101 0101011101 1111110100 1111110001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 694
- Average number of words per stanza: 135
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; that, i, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Absence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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