This is an analysis of the poem The Other One that begins with:

I wait for, full of thoughts provoking,
But not a gay and pretty wife,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXX dcdc ccdc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111101010 11011101 100111010 0101111 11010111 01010101 10010111 1110111 1111111100 10111101 0111111100 11011101 111110100 11010011 110101010 01100101 01011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, for are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Other One;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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