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

So many play with you,
You play with the many,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXXX ebcafff ggaadec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 110010 111011 10011 110101 011011 111011 111001 111110 111011 111111 111111 100101 111111 110111 101100 111011 11101 01101 10111 110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

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