This is an analysis of the poem The One that begins with:
All that is beautiful dies, that the spirit shall gain no contentment
In its debased human state: longings shall thus here below...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdedcaXfcaghgegghijdXjdjfbiklaalbXggkXcXleakaXljjiciad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010011010111010 00011011011101 110010011010011110 110110101101001 100111111111111 00110110011011 01001111110011010 110101001001 11010010101011 1010010101001 100110110010010 110101010110010 01010010111111011 1001001111010001 11011111011010010 11011010100101 01010011110011 111011011001 1101101011110 0101001001101 11010010101101 0010101101111001 0111010011010010 010111011001011 11101111011101 01101101001101 110010011110011 110100111001 01001001111001 110111010110 010110110100010 010011010001111 11111111111001 001110001010010 11111001011101 1001101110100 110100100101011 110110010011001 11011011011001 100100111101111 10010100010010 110101100110101 1011110110010110 0111001111011 110011010010 11111110011010 010011011101011 100101111001001 11110010010010 1110101001001 100110101111110 100100111001101 11111011010010 11011001001 11110010110111 101001100111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3344
- Average number of words per stanza: 594
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, in, and, its, may are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, as are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The One;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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