This is an analysis of the poem That Love For One Another Done that begins with:

Where do we masquerade now?
That dedicated faith we fake....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD cABCD eBfBeBEE fbfbgX HBHIHIFG HBHIHIFX EE HBHIHIFGFXXEE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,8,6,8,8,2,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 11000111 01101 101111 1 1111011 11000111 01101 101111 11110101 111 0011110 00111 01011101 111 111110101 0011111 011110 01111 1101110 11111 1110110 10101010 110 00111 110 00111 110 11101 1101010 1001010 110 00111 110 00111 110 11101 1101010 10101010 111110101 0011111 110 00111 110 00111 110 11101 1101010 1001010 1101010 10101010 111110101 0011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word place at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of That Love For One Another Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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