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

One of twain, twin-born with flowers that waken,
Now hath passed from sense of sun and rain:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaA aaa aaaA bXbC cbcXbcbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010110 111010111 10101011110 101 1110111101 1011101010 101011101 1011111010 101110101 1100111010 101 1111101010 1110111110 1010111110 111 101110111 11100101010 1110000111 1110101010 1110111011 1111111110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, what are repeated.

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

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