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

My neighbor lives on the hill,
And I in the valley dwell,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbaAA cXXXcX dbXbdb ABcXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 1100101 11011111 111111 1101101 1100101 110111 111111 1110110101 011101 111111 111111 0100101 1100101 011000111 1111111 1101101 1110101 1101101 1101011 11111111 110101 1101101 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Differences;
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  • history of its creation;
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