This is an analysis of the poem There's No One Other that begins with:

Does it matter 'how' I love?
And at what 'percentage'? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbC dXddddAbCccXX AXbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,13,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 1111000 1000 10 011110100111 1101001001 001001 01111 1000111011 1111101111 1010111 1000 10 01111101 11001 111111 10110101 1010111 1111000 1000 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of There's No One Other;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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