This is an analysis of the poem Two Loves that begins with:

The woman he loved, while he dreamed of her,
Danced on till the stars grew dim, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdXd beXe Xaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101111100 1110111 10100100101 1010111 010110101 111101001 101011101011 01111001 010110101 1110111 111111101011 1111001 010111101 11101001 1011110111 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; he is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Two Loves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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