This is an analysis of the poem Servitude that begins with:

Dear motherland of mine,
I love you as you are,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB ddefgf hhacdX aXXfia XgiafeXABCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,6,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 111111 101111 111101 1110111 1110101 101000010 1001101 10100010 001111 10101011 10101011 11101010 1010101 10111110 101000110 10101010 01101110 10101111 10101110 101001111 11001110 11101110 101001010 11101011 10101110 101001111 10111111 110101 111111 101111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Servitude;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Andon Zako Çajupi