This is an analysis of the poem Talking Of Power And Love that begins with:

Between all my torments between death and self
Between my despair and the reason for living...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX bcXX aXXX XXcb cXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101111 011011010110 10010101001 11100110110 1101101001 1101101001 01010110101 1101001110 010111010 111100011 101011101010 0110110110 10101010010 1100100101 11010110010 1101111111 1101110010 1110101111 1011010101100 1101010100 11010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; between, and, my, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words between, there, i, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Talking Of Power And Love;
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  • history of its creation;
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