This is an analysis of Polarity by Claude McKay.

Nay, why reproach each other, be unkind,
For there's no plane on which we two may meet?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1101110001 1111111111 1101011101 1100011101 1111010111 1001001101 1111001101 1111010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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