This is an analysis of the poem Pretend A Disconnection Has Been Made that begins with:
What we talk about...
Is that more important, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaX bcb dca ebXabde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 011010 111011 111001110 110100010 1010111 01010010 11100010100 100101001 011011011 0011111011101 111011111 101011 11111110 11001010 101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, to are repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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