This is an analysis of the poem Absence that begins with:

I have scarcely left you
When you go in me, crystalline,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbccXa dedXXeXeffXbfac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 11101101 1100 10101011 1101011 111 1010101 1011111 11 111110 10111 11101010 1 11110 10 111110 1101 10101 1111 111110 10111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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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