This is an analysis of the poem Only Thee that begins with:
That I want thee, only thee---let my heart repeat without end.
All desires that distract me, day and night, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaX aXX XaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111101011 10101011111 11110001 101110001001011 101001011100101 111101 101110101 1010110101 101101010111 11010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Only Thee;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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