This is an analysis of the poem Return that begins with:
A little too abstract, a little too wise,
It is time for us to kiss the earth again, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaaXacdcdee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01010101011 00111010101 00101011001 1011100101 1010010110 11110010010 10110101010110 001011001010 1011111111 111101110001 01111111001 1111011011 110111100010110 1010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 659
- Average number of words per stanza: 128
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
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