This is an analysis of the poem Keeping Things Whole that begins with:
In a field
I am the absence...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacbXd XXcece cdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001 11010 01 00 1101 01011 111010 111 1101 111 0110 01010 11100 11110 110 11 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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- summary of Keeping Things Whole;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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