This is an analysis of the poem Seeking A Balance that begins with:
Why aren't you here,
To participate in my anger? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa Xbcc X bcXXa XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,5,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 001010110 1101100110 11001010100 11011110000100 11 110110 010100011 111011 0111 111011001010 1011101000111 1011011111 1110010 10011010 0110010011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; in, i are repeated.
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