This is an analysis of the poem Three-Fold that begins with:

Somewhere I've read a thoughtful mind's reflection:
'All perfect things are three-fold'; and I know... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac ddddeded fgfgebeb aeaehihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101010 1011111111 11101100010 01010111001 01110101010 1111100101 11111100010 1100010111 11011101110 110101001 11111101110 1100110101 110101111110 1101010101 11010101010 011010111 11011111010 0101111101 11011101010 1111011101 100111101110 11010100101 11001111110 11111101111 11101101110 1101110001 11111111010 1111110111 11110110110 0101110001 11011101010 1100001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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