This is an analysis of the poem Isolated And Distant They Are Detached that begins with:

There are so many people out of touch,
With life, themselves, others and their surroundings......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabccXccd eXfXcXcbX eX dafXX X X c X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,2,5,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010101 01011011010 1011001010111 10100101 111110011100 1010110110001 1110101101101 00111001010 01000101010 10101 111110010100 1100111100110 1111000111 0010001101101 011110001001011 10101 11111111010 111110110 101 11110 101101010 111000110 0010110110 10101 110101000 1001011 111100 0010000 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they, them are repeated.

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  • summary of Isolated And Distant They Are Detached;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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