This is an analysis of the poem The Serenade that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X Xaba bccc deXe ddXd afdf gcac cheh Xgig dccc jdXd XaaX jaea dcjc jkik Xcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010 0101100 1101011 11110010 010101 1011110 110001 1101010 111101 1111111 1101010 0101100 0100110 0101010 110001 01010100 111101 11001010 111101 0101010 010101 1111010 1111110 0111010 11001010 1100110 010101 11001110 010101 1101010 110101 1101010 0101001 1110010 0100011 11001110 110101 01011010 010001 1101010 110100 1101110 010101 11010010 110101 0101010 111101 1101110 0101001 1101010 110101 1101010 110111 01011100 1100101 0101010 010101 1111100 111101 1011010 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 62
- 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; their is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, the, their are repeated.
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- summary of The Serenade;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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