This is an analysis of the poem Earth Presses Against Us that begins with:
Earth is pressing against us, trapping us in the final passage.
To pass through, we pull off our limbs....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXbXcbbXXcXab X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011101001010 01111111 101010101001111111 010001101111101010 0101010011011110 1110011010101011001 10110011111101 110100111111010010 001101010110 1111100110111110011 11111001101 11110101 1101011 11011001010 1111101101 0101101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 468
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; us, we, of, last, after, should, where, here are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, where, we, here are repeated.
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