This is an analysis of the poem Philip, My King that begins with:

Look at me with thy large brown eyes,
Philip, my king!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaXcXcXB bBbbdedeB fBffagagB hBhhijijX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 1011 1101000101 010010100 11111101 0101001010 11110001 111101100 1011 101111010 1011 111001110 111011010 11101111 101101110 100101101 1111111110 1011 101111011 1011 010111101 1110101111 10110100101 11111010110 110110100 1111001010 1011 011011111 1011 111111101 101101111 100111101 01111111100 101111101 1110101010100 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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