This is an analysis of the poem Absence that begins with:
IN THIS fair stranger’s eyes of grey
Thine eyes, my love, I see.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc bdbd aeae fdfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110101 111111 11010101 111101 00010111 010101 01011101 110011 11110101 111101 11010111 110110 110010111 111101 00011100 111101 110010111 110101 01110101 1011011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Absence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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