This is an analysis of the poem Absence that begins with:
GOODNIGHT, my love, for I have dreamed of thee,
In walking dreams, until my soul is lost —...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccX adadeea fgfghhf babaiia
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111101 0101011101 01010111001 11011000001 1011010110 1011010101 01011100101 0101001101 01010101001 1101011111 1101110101 01001100101 0011011111 1101110101 1111010101 1111110001 1001111111 1111111111 11101010101 1111111101 1111110111 1111101101 1111010111 101101101 0111010101 1101110101 1111111001 111111110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
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- summary of Absence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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