This is an analysis of the poem One Whisper Of The Beloved that begins with:
Lovers share a sacred decree –
to seek the Beloved....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXc aXb adccXca efgfXaa aebe edXX bXXgca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,7,7,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101001 010010 111101 100101001 1010010 01101001100010 1100010 11101 1111010010 10101 1111110 10010 1111001 10010 100100010 110011 0111 11010 1001011 11101 111101001 100100010 10111 101110101 111110111 11001 1111111 110111 1010111 1010100100 010110 1101100101 111010 1010110 00010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; soul is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word our is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word beloved at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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