This is an analysis of the poem We Are Made One with What We Touch and See that begins with:

We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc Xdedee fXfegg hahaii ababee jkbkbj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000011 1111011111 0111110101 01111010101 1001010111 01110111011101 01010100101 1111111101 1101010101 0111011111 01001111111 10011111110111 1100110101 1101110100 0101011111 1111010111 11110111001 110010011111100 0011001101 1001010111 1111010011 01001011101 1011010111 110110010110001 1111011101 1001010101 1011010101 1101110110 1001010101 1111111000101 1101011100 1101010101 1101110110 1011010100 1111011111 01010110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; we, with, and, new are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, with, one are repeated.

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