This is an analysis of the poem Fractured that begins with:

I am quite fractured when we are detached.
When you have feelings I can not touch, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCAA aaaXdea ABCAA Xffghcc haihdhieXXfhddg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,5,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011101 111101111 1101111101 011 1101 1111100101 01010010 10001011 1101101001 1101011 1011010 1111101111 1111011101 111101111 1101111101 011 1101 11111001111111 11101 1011101 110111 111111 11010101 0101 11010 1101 1011010110101 101111 01111101 1101 00110111011 011111 11011111 1 11110101111 1111101 10001 1011100011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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