This is an analysis of the poem Sad Song that begins with:
Do you hear me, you who are
So far away from me, my dear? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba XXXXaXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 11010111 11111001 1010110101 01010101 110101 10011111000111 01010111 111101 00101010 1001101 111 11000010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; you, me are repeated.
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