This is an analysis of the poem The Oblation that begins with:
Ask nothing more of me, sweet;
All I can give you I give.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcabc bcabcaXcabcab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011 1111111 1011001 1101111 1111101 1111101 1101001 1011011 1111011 1111111 1011111 1011011 1111111 1111011 1111111 1111111 1001111 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; more, to, you, and, of, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase more connects the lines.
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- summary of The Oblation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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