This is an analysis of the poem Invective that begins with:
MAN whom I work for, I am angry with you;
But not because you pay me to possess...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcc dcXe adf gahe aaXaXbfhgfihi eXX cc X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,13,3,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111111001 1101111001 110010111010 110101001111 111100110101 1011010101110 110101111100 1101110101 110111111111011 11011100 1100 11010101 1111 0100010111 1101010111 11110100011 01110111 1101010101 0111111101 11010101010 11110101000101 010101001111 011101 110111100111 10001111100101 010010101010 11111101010 110011111010 11110111 11111111010 1111011101 1111010100 11110100 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, for, you, in, your, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, and are repeated.
The author used the same word no 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 you is repeated).
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