This is an analysis of the poem From A Brokenness That Darkness Keeps that begins with:
You're gone...
And still I'm trying to find you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXcXXXd ecefgf Abcbddb Ab fcXhbh AbbcbXhb hXhdXcgc AaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,7,2,6,8,8,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 11010011 0101 0010101 101100 1010010 0101101101 01010 10010111 111110100 100101100 1000100 010011101 101011001 11 10110011 010011101 1100101101 10111111 1101100 1111 11 1010011 110101 0111101101 11011 1011 010111101 101111 1111 111110011 010111 1101111010 110011110111 1111101110 0101 11011 11111110101 11111 111010111 010001001101 10101100101 0101010101101 01011111 0100101 1111 1101 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word you're at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of From A Brokenness That Darkness Keeps;
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