This is an analysis of the poem The Tunnel that begins with:
Tonight, nothing is long enough—
time isn't....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXb XbaX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100101 100 01010 0111 01010 1111101 1111 001010 1110 11110 0110 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Tunnel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Robert Creeley
- Analysis of Credo
- Analysis of For the Graduation [Bolinas, 1972]
- Analysis of For the Graduation [Bolinas School, June 11, 1971]