This is an analysis of the poem Journey Into The Interior that begins with:

In the long journey out of the self,
There are many detours, washed-out interrupted raw places...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcaabXXcaXXXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001101001 111001111010110 10111000 10111111001 101010010010 10011100101101 00101001011010010 11001100011100001010 11011111 10011011010110 101100 101001010011 010010110 10101011 01111101011 010100 00110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 768
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Journey Into The Interior;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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