This is an analysis of the poem They Can Not Connect With His Presence that begins with:

I have no concerns about you understanding me now.
I did yesterday....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFG HCIAGJI jkgg ildghXaddjd gjamij hhigdih aihIkIhIgIkggnmXX ggmglhXi ggiggdgg hOjdhO dihddhi ABCDEFGHCiIAGJI ihnideiXjd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,4,11,6,7,17,8,8,6,7,15,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011101011 10101 11110011111 11101101010 11110101 111010111 0111 110101001 11010010 11000101 101011 1001 11 1010 11111010 1010001000101 1111 0101010 11110 111110101 1101 1010010010001 0101010 001010 1010101011 011010 101101 11001001010 000100101 111101101 11 111110101 1110 011 1011101 111001 1111 0110 010011 1010101 10100010 0010110100 0100001111 1011101 111010010 10011 1111101 10011 10111 10011 11010010 10011 1111011 11101110 01010010 1 101010 00101100111 110 101101010 001001110 110 1100 1010 01011 110000 010 111011010 01000 11 01110 110110111 1011 1010010 11 11110 111 001110 1001001 1110 111 1101111 11111 0010100 101000 000100 1111010101 01011010 11101011101011 10101 11110011111 11101101010 11110101 111010111 0111 110101001 11010010 01011 11000101 101011 1001 11 1010 11110011 110011001110 0101 10101010 10101001010 1010111001 101001111010 1011111 0101010010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 113
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; i, you, and, they, to, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, they are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all 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 They Can Not Connect With His Presence;
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  • history of its creation;
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