This is an analysis of the poem They Loved One Another that begins with:
THEY loved one another! young Edward and his wife,
And in their cottage-home they dwelt, apart from sin and strife.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdde ffgghhhhe iijjkkiie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010110101 10110111010111 110101010010101 11010101110101 111111000101001 01010101110101 01010101011101 11010111010101 1111010 111010110001 11110101110101 11011111010101 111010101110101 111000101111101 111010011110111 11111101110111 101000101010101 1111010 111010111101 11000101011001 11011101110111 11001111110001 01010111110111 11001101011101 11111101110010 01110101110111 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 494
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word another at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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