This is an analysis of the poem Broken Relationships that begins with:
Wanting to mend them.
And to fix....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBB ABBB CDE CDE BFBF ABBB ABBB CDEXBFBFBFBF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,4,4,4,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010 101 1100101 110111 10010 101 1100101 110111 010010011101 10010111 101 010010011101 10010111 101 100101 1101111 100101 1101111 10010 101 1100101 110111 10010 101 1100101 110111 010010011101 10010111 101 100101 1101111 100101 1101111 100101 1101111 100101 1101111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same words wanting, forgiving at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words miss, wished at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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