This is an analysis of the poem Though It Seems We Are Far Away that begins with:

So many hours have come and gone.
And I am still here in love....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab Xaab Xaaa Xbb XXccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101111 1111101 1111 11010 1111 01001 10101010 00100110 10101010 10110110 111101 1001101 11 0111101 111010 10111101 1001100101 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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  • summary of Though It Seems We Are Far Away;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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