This is an analysis of the poem We Two that begins with:
What have we missed, we two—
You and I—I and you—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAbbba aAccXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 111111 0101111 01101001 01011010 1111111 1111111 111111 0101101 01011001 001011110 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines two is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word two at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of We Two;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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