This is an analysis of When We Were Here Together by Kenneth Patchen.

when we were here together in a place we did not know, nor one
another.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXddccdaXadadXXbcdbXabXd
  • Stanza lengths: 27,
  • Metre: 1101010001101111 010 01011010110101110 1 1101011110011010 11001101 1110110001011001 101111111001110 10011101010101000 1 110011110101011010 0111010010010100 1110100100111101 001 1110101101011101 1110110011010101010 100001001110111 101011011 100100111011110 010000110100001110 100110100001100001 11010110110110010 001001 1101010001101111 010 11010110111110001 0110101001001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

and, they, of

Anaphora

and