This is an analysis of the poem The Absence that begins with:

It is this great absence
that is like a presence, that compels...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX Xbcc dabX bXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000110 101010101 10110011 00010001110 011111 1010110010 0111111 1100001010 0110110111 10111101 1111001 1110010010 111010101 1111110011 1010100011011 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, my are repeated.

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  • summary of The Absence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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