This is an analysis of the poem From Afar that begins with:
The 'I' that floats along the wave of time,
From a distance I watch him. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXaXbaDeeXXcD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111010101 0010111 0011010 0011010 001101010 10111010 11011100010 011100 0111110 01111 111001 1101111 1110111 111100101 111111000 11111010 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 536
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, the, i are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase him connects the lines.
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