This is an analysis of the poem The One At Home that begins with:

Don told me that he loved me dear
Where down the range Whioola pours; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd efefbbgg hihibbjjXfafaaaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111111 1101101 11111111 11010101 11011111 11011101 11111101 11110101 11100101 10110111 01111111 01010111 11111100 11110001 11100111 11010101 11110111 11111001 11011001 10011111 01110111 10111101 01010101 11110101 11011111 11011111 0100111 11010011 01111101 11011101 11111111 01001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, his, her are repeated.

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

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