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

Two people.
Meeting for the first time....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbccbdeff Adaghdehbf AcddXhehXX AdAdgXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110 101011 1101001110 001001 11001001011 101010 01110011001 1101010 1000101 01001001101 110 1011000100 111111000 101000110010 0101010001 010101 00100101001010 0111011101 10101110010 1110001001 110 100111011 110110 0011111 101010101 0001011011 01010010 1010001 0111011 1010100101 110 10010111100 110 101110 11001 101001 11010100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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