This is an analysis of the poem From Afar that begins with:
From afar,
I can only wish you well....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbbXccaBddaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001 1110111 011111 111 10110010 1010111011 100100101 1001 1110111 111111111 1111 10111111 001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; i, can, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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