This is an analysis of the poem It Takes An Absence that begins with:
It takes an absence felt,
For many people to realize......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbc Xdaa ceeef ccee eeffeXdaac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 011101 110100101 111011 10100000100 01110110100001 011010000010 01111111 00101110010100 011101000111 10111010110 1100010101110101 111010 0100110100010 101110001001 01101111011 0101011011101 111100010101 1110101101 1110011101 001011101 001001011101110 11101101 01110111010 1011010001 110011101 111100101100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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, for are repeated.
The author used the same word it 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 it connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of It Takes An Absence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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