This is an analysis of the poem My Faithful Mother Tongue that begins with:

Faithful mother tongue,
I have been serving you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcXd ceefgh hXhcccXi jdcbi gjhjceXAbcfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,8,5,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 110101 10011101011101010 11111111011 10101100 010100 101101111010 1011111000100 01111010 100101101 11111 110111 111010101111011 111010001 0001001001 1011111010 010010 010001 1011100 1011111 10010001010 001011111010 1111011 10010011011 1101001111010 0100010010001001 1010110 010100001001 1101010010101 10001010110 10101 0110101111011 11001001011101010 1110100 110100010001010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of My Faithful Mother Tongue;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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