This is an analysis of the poem This Moment, Yearning And Thoughtful that begins with:

THIS moment yearning and thoughtful, sitting alone,
It seems to me there are other men in other lands, yearning and... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXabba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101101001 0101111010101101 10 01011111010100100100 111110101010101 1001010101 101010111111101 0100111010111 11111010110 111101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 526
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, or, in, to, i are repeated.

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