This is an analysis of the poem To Marcus that begins with:

YOU have been far, and I
Been farther yet,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccab adeead fghhfg iajjia ahggah kkllkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 0101 110111 110001 010101 0111 110111 0111 1101010 1101010 111111 0101 110111 1111 111101 011101 111101 0101 010101 1101 110101 110101 110111 1111 111101 1101 110001 111101 111101 0111 110111 0111 111101 110101 111111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, by are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you are repeated.

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