This is an analysis of the poem Until Tensions Felt Are Released that begins with:

Close to quiet what's outside your eyes.
With a letting go of added thoughts to cease....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabba XXXC CCCC dCdCXCCCa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111 00101010101 1 0111 1011 1010001010 00101010110 00101 01101101 1101110 110101 1101110 100111 001010110 100111 001001010 100111 1101110 01101101 110101 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word close at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Until Tensions Felt Are Released;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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