This is an analysis of the poem Long Distance I that begins with:
Your bed's got two wrong sides. You life's all grouse.
I let your phone-call take its dismal course: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa a a baba cXcdXaadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111111 1111110101 1110110101 1011101111 0111111101 1101011101 0101011101 0110001101 1101111111 11111010110 11010111101 110011101 1111101101 110110111 1001111101 10111011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.
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- summary of Long Distance I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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