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

Little by little and one by one,
Out of the ether, were worlds created;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff agaghh bibijj kakabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101111 1001001010 11101111 1001001010 10101111001 100101111 11101111 111011010 101100111 01001100010 100110111 1111101001 101101101 101011110 111111011 110010010110 101101101 010100101 11111011 1011001010 111101001 101001001110 011100111 0111110101 111111111 11101111010 0011100101 11001001110 0011101111 1100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, story, by, we are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases freeing, story connect the lines.

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

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