This is an analysis of the poem The Difference that begins with:
When we were together, heart of my heart, on that unforgotten quest,
With your tender arm about me thrown and your head upon my breast,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001010111110001 0110101111110111 1101111011110101 1110111010101001 1111101110101101 11111001011111101 01111111110100 11101110001010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word thee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Difference;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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