This is an analysis of the poem To One Consecrated that begins with:
YOUR paths were all unknown to us:
We were so far away from you: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cccc dXdcXdcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 10110101 11011101 01010111 01010101 011001010 11010101 01000110010 01010111 11110101 01010011 01010101 10110011 110100101 11110111 01110101 11110101 11111101 11110111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, the, her are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of To One Consecrated;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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