This is an analysis of the poem The Reunion that begins with:

Well, one morning real early
I was going down the street,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cacX Xded ffgX bghg XXiX gbXb Xhih ajej jchX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 1110101 11101010 110101 1110001 1111110 11111001 1100110 11111111 110111 11111110 111111 11101101 1101101 11110101 1111010 11010111 110101 11110101 110101 111111010 110111 11011101 111111 11010101 110111 11011101 011101 1101110 0111111 11010101 11101 11101010 111101 11101010 110111 11110101 011111 11101100 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', all are repeated).

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  • summary of The Reunion;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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