This is an analysis of the poem The Call that begins with:

Come calf now to mother,
Come lamb that I choose,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddeeXXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 111010 11111 1111110 01011 110110 110110 11011 11011 111111 010111 010100 01101 0101010010 11011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 376
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; come is repeated.

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

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

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

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