This is an analysis of the poem Separation,You Are King that begins with:

Let us speak of separation,
Separation is king....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC aadd eeXX fgaX Xggh affh aafd eaae ABAC X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 101001 01011111010 0110 111100101010 111001010 10101100 11101010 0010010101101 1101 0110101001001 110 01010010 0101 01010010101 10101 11010010010101001 010101 010111010101 011011 0110101 1101 01100101 0111 1111010 111110 1100010 101 111101010010 1110100101010 101001010 11110101 11101010 101001 01011111010 0110 01001011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; separation, we, it, of, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, do, for are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines separation, it are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase separation connects the lines.

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  • summary of Separation,You Are King;
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