This is an analysis of the poem In Distances Reminiscing that begins with:

Use to being lonely.
Getting use to being the only one, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCD cefaecXX ABBCDb XXXffcfcXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1010100101 110111011 0101 110 10101010 0101010101 0101010 10101000100 100100 01111 111110 01011111101 101010 1010100101 110111011 0101 110 101100 001011 1101 01011 11110 0001110 111100111 01101110 101101101 100110101 01001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; to, one are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase one connects the lines.

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  • summary of In Distances Reminiscing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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