This is an analysis of the poem Distance. And Nonexisting Assistance that begins with:

To achieve a title to get,
That is revealed before others to see......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadcX ccdXefe eX dd X fccaaXddc X aaXef X XX XX bXcgff X Xg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,2,2,1,9,1,5,1,2,2,6,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101001 1001011001 0011001 111010 001100 10100011101 101000100100 11111001 01010001 1101100 11011100 1111001010 1100110100 10111010 1111 010101001 10 11000010 111 11 0111 1010111101 111111 0101001101 0101101100 01000101010 01011001110 101110 1111111 001001011 001110010101 01101 001101011010 0100010101100 10110001 01110 11010 110101 0110100010 110101 01010100001011 01001101101 101110101 00111101010 101 101110 1111001011 11010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Distance. And Nonexisting Assistance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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