This is an analysis of the poem Distance that begins with:
THE world is large, when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide;
But the world is small, when your enemy is loose on the other side....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110101110101 10101111000110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 2
- Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Distance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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