This is an analysis of the poem The Separation that begins with:
We knew too little of the world,
And you and I were good—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabaaCdcAaaadCeC XeaebceC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110001 111100 11011111 111111 01011111 110101 11111101 1111001 11110001 111101 11001101 110101 01011100 110101 11111100 111101 11111111 110101 11011101 110111 11111101 110101 11110101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word so at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Separation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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