This is an analysis of the poem Three Eternities that begins with:
Lo, thou and I, my love,
And the sad stars above,-... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabbaaacD AaeaeaaXD AacXacacD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 101101 111111 111111 101111 101111 101111 1111 110 111111 100101 101101 101111 111100 110111 101111 1001 110 111111 111111 101101 101101 110111 101111 101111 1011 110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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, thou, i, my, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words knowing, clay are repeated.
The author used the same word lo at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ever at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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