This is an analysis of the poem One Star Only For Love's Heaven that begins with:

ONE star only for Love's heaven;
One rose only for Love's breast;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 1110111 11100010 11101110 1110001 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; one, only are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word one is repeated.

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