This is an analysis of the poem One Is Blessed To Witness that begins with:

One style.
One preference and one frame of reference....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXbXXaXXXXXcXcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11001110100 1111011101 11100111 111 10110101101 01111101010010 110101101010 01111101101 1 001001110101 111111011111010 11010100010 001 101101001 1011011 110110110 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 649
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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  • summary of One Is Blessed To Witness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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