This is an analysis of the poem In Her Absence I Created Her Image that begins with:

In her absence I created her image: out of the earthly
the hidden heavenly commences. I am here weighing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXccdXebXcbdbfbaXXdfgeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0010101001010010 01010001011110 001001001110 001000111101 01111110001 01101010100010 10011101011 1001001101001001 00101001111101111 1001010011010001010 101001010101011 1010011000101011 1100101111 11101111010 111111011 001011100101100 010110110011 001010001011100 00010110110 0111111 0101010110010 111111010111000 01011000011000111 1100101001 1101100101 00101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 242
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, is, to are repeated.

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