This is an analysis of the poem Estrangement that begins with:
So, without overt breach, we fall apart,
Tacitly sunder--neither you nor I... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdecde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1010111101 1001010111 1001010001 11010010101 100111001 10011111111 11011100111 01001111111 1101001101 01001010101 1110010111 11110011111 1001010001 1100010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 578
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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