This is an analysis of the poem Returning Of Issue that begins with:

Tomorrow will be your last day here. Someone is speaking:
A familiar voice, speaking again at all of us....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdef ghXiab ihjkib lhhhhc hhkiem Xnoglc cgpimm ahlimh fgennX hXoifm inibbd pojokh knkXhi boeekb hgafhb heXgkX eibojh gaXbba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100111111010 0010110011101 10101000011110 10110101011001 110110101100 1111 111111111011010 01111101111001 00101101011000 0100110110010 10111011111 11110 10111011101111 1011011011011 111101101010 110011101010 111001001111010 10110011 1111010110111 11100111111011 10101101011011 010010010011110 11101011011011 11101111 110111100110110 10111111011011 101011101011110 00101101010001 110100001011 00011 0111001101011 111100101101010 1111111111100 0111110111101 110100101001 0101 1001011011001 00101000101 11011110010010 1101110101 01100001110 100111 01111101101110 011110100001011 1110010110001010 010010001010 11010110100110 1001011 11111111011101 10111010011 111101011101 00100101111110 101110110111110 00111 1011010111111 1111100111 11010011111111 1111010101 1100111111111 1110101 01010010100110 11100110101000 1111011101010 11010010000101101010 101011010101001 111011101 11011111010010 100101101001 01001010101010010 10010010101101 111001010111111 1110111101 1000110101111 10110101001010 01110101001 11101111111111010 110110101110011 10010110 1110101001010 0111010111110101 10101010110101 00101100101 11011111101 111100 11110010011011 11111111110 1101111001010 001010111010101 01011010101111 1001110 1001111101 11111011111 111101111101 01010011111 1011011001 1110111 1101010100111111 1111001111001 11000010010011 11101100101 111011011011110 111101 1100010100110 010010101001110 01110111111 010001010100101 00100100001101101010 110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of, to, and, i, be, bloody, could are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase silence connects the lines.

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