This is an analysis of the poem One-Sided Faith that begins with:

I KNOW the rose will bloom again
As soon as it is June, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dedefcfc cfcfagag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 111001 01000111 010101 11010101 011101 111101101 111111 11110101 110101 11010101 111001 11010101 111001 110010111 110101 01110101 110100 11011111 010101 010010101 111101 11110101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of One-Sided Faith;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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