This is an analysis of the poem Once A Great Love that begins with:

Once a great love cut my life in two.
The first part goes on twisting...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa Xb XXb XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111101 0111110 11101101101 0100111 111001111011 101111000101010101 110 110101111 1101011101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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