This is an analysis of Note to Reality by Tony Hoagland.
Without even knowing it, I have
believed in you for a long time.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xa Xb Xc dXdX ec XX a b cX fX dX d bXXfe
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,4,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,5,
- Metre: 011010011 01011011 111111100101 1111101010110 1011011001111010 0101 1110011001110001 1101010101 1110010110 00010101101010 111110100110 0110111011 11010001 01010101 01011111010 11110010010100100101010 111010100111 1110100111 111111111010101 110011 1011010011 110101010100 011101011010111 00110101100 110100 101011 10101010110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 27
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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