This is an analysis of the poem Mine And Thine that begins with:

Two words about the world we see,
And nought but Mine and Thine they be. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddXc eeXXffXXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11111110 11110111 01111101 11110111 11110100 10011111 10011101 1100101110 11111111 111100111 11010101 01010001 111101000 11111111 11010111 11110100 11100101 11011101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, all are repeated.

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

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