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

One, two, three, four —
find yourself a wife — choose her!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCC XdXa Xdde XaXX eXbb ffXABCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1100110 1110101 11110111 11111110 10101011 11100110 10111111 111 101110 010010111 111100 1101111 100111 0111111 110001000 10001011100 01000101110111 11011010 111001010 10001011 01000111111 1111 1100110 1110101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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