This is an analysis of the poem My Lute Awake that begins with:

My lute awake! perform the last
Labour that thou and I shall waste,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbaB bbbbb ccbcb aabaB bbbbB ddbdb aababXaAbaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11111111 11111110 11010111 11011111 10011101 11010101 11110111 11111111 11111111 0111110 010101000 11111010 11111100 01111111 10011111 01011011 11011101 11110101 11111111 10111101 110111101 11011001 10011101 11111111 011110011 01011111 10011001 11011101 11111111 11111001 01111111 01110111 11111011 11111111 11110001 11111111 11001110 10011111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, as, then are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word done at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of My Lute Awake;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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