This is an analysis of the poem A Yawning Gulf that begins with:

A yawning gulf between
My vision-tree and my reality-plant....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAXaXXXX cbcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 010101 11011101001 010101 01110110111 11011001010 0110101 0010001101 11011010 011 1110100100 011111 101001 110111 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of A Yawning Gulf;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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