This is an analysis of the poem Judging Distances that begins with:
Not only how far away, but the way that you say it
Is very important. Perhaps You may never get...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdb debcdf deegbX hijabX agjXfe heajag acfaiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011011011110 0100100111101 0101001011111 1001101101010 0100111111111 11111 1110111111010 10000101010 011110110111 111101110011010 11111010110 11101001 0101101010110 101001011101010 111001011111010 11010010100010 01010010011011 110101 1111111011010010 0110101010011 11110100111101 10110100101001 00100101101101 1001011 011011001001 1100101011010 11001010011001 11001010001001 11101100101010010 010010 111110011101 100010101001010 01111010011110010 0101010101011 1110111111101 11011001 11011001111111 01010010101010 011010111001010 11010001110110 110010010010010 00111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.
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