This is an analysis of the poem Serenade that begins with:
When the voice of thy lute at the eve
Charmeth the ear,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXbcb cdcdbbcbXadaddbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011101 1001 0010001001 11101 10110101 001001 1111111 111101 111101001 1011 101101101 1101 10101001 101011 1111111 111101 111101101 1001 110101001 0101 1111011011 1001 1111111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, play, laugh, sleep are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words play, laugh, sleep are repeated.
The author used the same word when 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 me is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word evermore at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Serenade;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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