This is an analysis of the poem Dedication that begins with:
You whom I could not save
Listen to me....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcb defX XfaX adcgcgXe ccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 1001 1010101011110010010 111001110001 1101010101101 110111110 111110110000100011 1010010010010 1100101 10010010101011011 1000111001010 10110101111 1111001 101001111 10110 001000101 01010110010010 101111 1110010001100 110101010101 00110011010 110110111101 01011110111 1101111111 111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; i, you, with, this are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, a, that are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Dedication;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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