This is an analysis of the poem You, Andrew Marvell that begins with:

And here face down beneath the sun
And here upon earth's noonward height...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede bfbf eaea baba gdgd ghgh X aXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11011101 01011101 01110001 01110101 01010111 01110101 11010111 11110001 11110101 01010111 01010101 11110001 11010101 11011101 110000101 11010101 01010101 11010001 01010111 11011001 01100101 11001111 11011101 11010001 11000101 11110101 010101001 11110101 01000101 11010111 01110111 11011101 11110001 01111100 01100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of You, Andrew Marvell;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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