This is an analysis of the poem Pinch Of Separation that begins with:

My songs are like eyes
That sting with the grains of separation....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCAD efeaX geehi fbbjXX abgXkf bXXili haaXcf jacXfkXlABCAD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1100101010 0010001 1111111 101101 1001 1011101 1100 011 111110100 111011 11011 101111 0101111 1010111 111001001 01010 101001 11010101 1010010 111 1101100 011110101 11010111 11111010 10110110 1011 10111 101101 101010001 1011 01010 11001 10110 1101 01101 1011 101010010 0101 101110 11010011 1100010001 111111 100101 01111010 10110 11111 1100101010 0010001 1111111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; him is repeated.

    The author used the same word mother at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

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