This is an analysis of the poem Let Go Of Those Woes You Hold that begins with:

If you can't see it.
You've been too distant, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAB C ADB E AbAbFA AAB AbAbFA EX AbAbFA CXADB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,3,1,6,3,6,2,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110 10110 01 111 101110 000111 11010 1101111 010010 1 11010 1 01110101 000111100 01110 10110 01 010010 1 11010 1 01110101 000111100 1101111 110110100 010010 1 11010 1 01110101 000111100 111 101110 000111 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Let Go Of Those Woes You Hold;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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