This is an analysis of the poem Leave-Taking that begins with:
I do not know where either of us can turn
Just at first, waking from the sleep of each other. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaXadde ffXfXbXec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111100111 111100010110 11111111 010110110001 1101100100010 11110001 1110101111 11011 11010011 11111001 01101 101100101 0101001 110001 101100110010010 111011000 1111010011 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
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