This is an analysis of the poem One And One Are Two that begins with:

The trumpet sounded and the dead
Came forth from earth and ocean,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab aaaX bcbc adaX aaaa XXXX dbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 1101110 11000111 01010010 11111101 0100010 11110101 1001000 01110101 1001010 01111101 0101010 11010101 1100010 11110101 1111110 11110001 0101010 11010011 1110010 111111010 110100 01010101 011101 11010101 1101010 11101101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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