This is an analysis of the poem Think Of Me As Distant that begins with:

Think of me as distant.
Think of me as being out of sight....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABXAcBX DEFXgGBHX AABXAcBX DEFXgGBHX BibBIAaAXbBIiXAEAEAEcEAaaAaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,8,9,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 101110101 11 1111111 1101110 101111111 11 1111111 1011 1101 111111 111011101 01 111101 01 11100011 111 101110 101110101 11 1111111 1101110 1011111111 11 1111111 1011 1101 111111 111011101 01 111101 01 11100011 111 11 11101001 01 11 101001101 101110 1011101 101110 101111100 011101001101 11 101001101 0111101001101 11101110 111110111010 111011101 111110111010 111011101 111110111010 11111111 111110111010 11101110 10 10 11101110 10 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, think, me, as, you, like, distant are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words think, distant are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines keep, distant are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases like, distant connect the lines.

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