This is an analysis of the poem Lovely One that begins with:

Lovely one,
Just as on the cool stone...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaXbcA AdefXA AfdecA AcX gggbfXA AfaA AdaeA AcgcecA AgAXAahdXbghgag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,3,7,4,5,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 111011 0001010 1001101 1001011 101 101 010011101 101010 1010001 1111 101 101 001010010 11101 0100110 111111 101 101 11111111 11111101 11101110 011 110011 1110 1101 1111 101 101 1111111 01011101 101 101 11 111010101 01010011110 101 101 1010111 0111 01101 0110100110 01011 101 1011101 111111 1011101 11011111 101 1101101 110111 11111 11111 111011 11 111111 11 1111101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, eyes, lovely, one, when, you, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lovely, your, all, when are repeated.

    The author used the same word lovely at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines one, eyes are repeated).

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

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