This is an analysis of the poem Out Of Touch that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaacdcXcaee fbgdefahhbbXgeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110010 110101 1010101010 1101 111011011 1101011111 111100101 11110111010001 001110 111111 010001001 10101001100 111101111 101101110111 1101101000011 01101 110101101110 10101110101011 0101001111 110101 010110101011 111101110101 1101 0100110011001 1111010 0110011 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 504
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; you, to, have are repeated.

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  • summary of Out Of Touch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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