This is an analysis of the poem One That Completes that begins with:

Bring me that love,
My Dear Father....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCABC XcdXce ABCbc eaefXfddXd ABCABC XXbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,10,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1110 11101 1111 1110 11101110 11010011 111111 110111011 01101 01000011 1111101 1111 1110 11101 1101011110 0111111011 01010010 0110101 11010010110 110111110 1101111100 1010111011 1010101 1111111001 111111010 110101101 1111 1110 11101 1111 1110 11101110 11101 110111 110 111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; bring, me, that, love, to, no are repeated.

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

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  • summary of One That Completes;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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